We in the World

Jeffrey Taylor

December 21, 2021

are riding this toboggan together,
negotiating twists and turns of the terrain,
avoiding rocks and trees. Now an edge
arrives unexpectedly. Some lean left.
Some lean right. Together,
we go over the edge.

Jeffrey L. Taylor retired in 2001 after 40 years as a Software Engineer. Around 1990, poems started holding his sleep hostage. He now writes in the day. He has been published in di-vêrsé-city, Texas Poetry Calendar, Tejascovido, Failed Haiku, Loud Coffee Press, and California Quarterly.