A shirt made of feathers ...

I'm reading Terry Street - 

October sunlight fills the room - 

Someone's marked the cover with coffee rings - 

I picture a boozy reader - 

A bed sit in a pinched street - 

American Pie is on the radio - 

I'm twenty years old - 

I've yet to drive the blue car - 

I wear my years like a shirt made of feathers -

5 October 2021