Chris Brunk

The Small Ones Count Too

Eleven bridges crossed to watch
the worst game we could have
hoped for. Ten toes
are for people who bury
their feet in the sand, anyway. You
didn’t say and I didn’t
ask much—I could feel
the earful you’d received: four

eyes on the loss was enough. I wondered whether
peripheral neuropathy could cure 

phantom limb syndrome
or if needles would
haunt us two.

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Chris Brunk graduated from Salisbury University with a degree in Communications. He works as a reporter at a local Salisbury news station. His work is published in The Oakland Arts Review. He is an aspiring birdwatcher and nautical enthusiast.