You texted me:

by Aneesa Davenport

 

Boy beside me on MUNI
reminds me of Evan.

Bleached, for sure, and angular,
deep-set, wallowy, dark-eyed.

Acute. Easily hurt. Jerk.

I replied from wi-fied BART:
Maybe teenagers always will—
he was a kind of epitome

& his unchecked Facebook page
racking up homages,

& his number tacked up on the jumpers’ map
the Chron published of the Golden Gate
neither advocating nor opposing
a new guard rail,

& back when we met Laird,
dyed purple & endured,
I noted the resemblance:
In two years, our Evan will be him—

& we just making conversation
about construction, just
taking public transportation
through traffic—
every stranger & exchange
so graphic.

Advice in class last week
to make our reader love our character:
Describe him the way you would if he were dead:

Comments

[J. David Dacus]

Nice work Aneesa! Liked the part about the unchecked Facebook page. Loved the found quality of the last stanza!

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