I go up to Washington, I take a ferry, I drink
a twenty-dollar beer, I go down to the fire, I
build it up, I draw a bug, I draw a tarantula, I
use a spoon, I keep something to myself, I
become elated, I carry a stick, I eat a snack, I
mention something, I think of a solution, I
use my emotions, I win a game, I look in the
air, I call a number, I slip off my shoes, I
pretend to laugh, I meet the Colliers, I see a
branch fall, I walk backward, I get splashed, I
hold on, I smile soothingly, I water the grass.
Dustin is working on an MFA at Georgia College. For the moment, he likes watching Malcolm in the Middle and reading books by Erich Maria Remarque. He has won prizes at the New York Times and Caesura and Willow Review, and has published in The Journal, South Carolina Review, the minnesota review, New Orleans Review, Natural Bridge, Chattahoochee Review, and Euphony.
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