The Meadow Annual Literary Arts Journal 2022

14 The Meadow Thirty Thieves and the Thunder Chief Patrick Meeds In one square inch of sky there are so many stars But that doesn’t change the fact that Iowa City is far away from here. It has nothing to do with gravity. Nothing to do with longitude and latitude. Counter clockwise just feels more natural. I mean let’s be honest. We’ve got this whole thing ass backwards anyway. We should be focused on entering the water with the smallest splash possible not plugging our noses and screaming cannon ball as loud as we can. Hey look at me, look at me. Someone tricked you and made you believe that’s all it would take to make you happy. As if Everything needs a fresh coat of paint once in a while. Sooner or later everything decomposes. My friend Mike used to do this trick at the bar where he pulled himself through a metal coat hanger but we forgave him. We still loved him. But what do I know? The last decision I made was twenty years ago and it was wrong. Yes, I have ghosts it’s just that they’re not all dead yet.

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