Some say this man
who every Tuesday
rides his bike
to the Library
is the son of
someone famous.
Some say he
graduated with
honors from Yale,
or maybe Harvard.
Some say he and his
clothes are unwashed,
that he mutters obscenities
in the stacks, that he tried
to flush another patron’s
laptop down the toilet.
Some say he owns a condo
on the Cape, is heir to a
sizable fortune, is homeless.
Some say he served as
a Navy Seal, as though
that might explain
why all or none
of the above is true.
Martha Christina is a frequent contributor to Brevities. Longer work appears in Innisfree Poetry Journal, Naugatuck River Review, earlier postings of Red Eft Review, and most recently in Star 82 Review, and Crab Orchard Review. She has published two collections: Staying Found (Fleur-de-lis Press) and Against Detachment (Pecan Grove Press).
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