You’ve taken punches
like a man in the liquor store
parking lot & that time
you checked out Eddie’s girl
for too long when you drove
from Pacoima with your friends
through hours of traffic to see
the Venice boardwalk at sunset.
This essay originally appeared in Barrelhouse print issue 18, which you can totally buy by clicking on this link.
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