the girls lived
DAVID HIGDON
off the whispering side
of the road – hushed, dropped
by fingertip from a second
story window. One faceless
sneaker touched down on
the concrete night, toeing
the grate of an overflow
drain. We crossed rain
-pelted streets, jumped a ditch,
hopped up on anger, gasoline
and spit, coffee grounds drift
from lonely cars toward unlit
destinations: factories,
the hospital, and parking lots.
David Higdon earned his BFA from Watkins College of Art and Design and works as a creative director. His writing is published or forthcoming in Lucky Jefferson and Exposition Review. He lives with his family in Louisville, Ky, where he is completing a collection of poetry and a novel.