Face like broken glass,
shards strewn across the bar,
his delicate fingers half-
heartedly cradle half-
empty vessels, sloshing them
about in stunted half-
circles between sips
that drag like smoke.
***
Matthew J. Andrews is a private investigator and writer from California. He is the author of I Close My Eyes and I Almost Remember, and his poetry has appeared in Orange Blossom Review, Pithead Chapel, and EcoTheo Review, among others. He can be contacted at matthewjandrews.com.
image: MM Kaufman
Rejection Letters 