Poem Measured by the Heaping Spoonful

by Patrick Younger

here i go worlding again. the smell of oranges.

silvery the clouds reflected in the creek. unlit

matches. there you are, face unrecognizable.

tonight i delete the archives. in the morning

i will eat the sun. yellow sun.

Patrick Younger is a queer poet and single dad residing in Kansas City. His work has appeared in Olney Magazine and elsewhere; he's forthcoming in Rejection Letters. Sadly, he uses Twitter. Find him spewing invectives into the void @frontyardpat.