Twisted my arm, I let it hurt.
The face you made when I walked away.
Etched in stone, a plaster bust.
The southern drawl, launching from your mouth,
on the streets of Chicago.
I miss the way you said your a’s.
John Madigan is a poet and writer originally from Chicago. His writing had been published in journals and magazines across the United States and Canada. He currently lives and works in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Impressionsinplasterandstone