Saturday, October 10, 2020

Amputee #6 by Matthew Borczon

The soldier
asked me
if I knew
what happened
to his
boot.

He never
asked
about his
foot.



Matthew Borczon is a poet and Navy sailor. He has published thirteen books of poetry and is included in numerous anthologies, journals and college textbooks. He is a sailor in the Navy reserve who recently returned from deployment to NYC to help fight the Covid-19 outbreak. He is married with four children.

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