KG Newman

Drive Straightish until the Tank Runs Out

Imagine the banquet the engineers threw themselves
when they finished the highway: That’s what we need 

to be about, drinking instead to finding ways to snaking
an eight-lane interstate around city relics and stones
and other things we just can’t let go of. If we want  

a sign, I’m sure I can find one in the clouds. And
I am currently accepting applications for Fall Guy,
giving preference to candidates who blur the line
between compassion and assassin. As it turns out
there’s no pill you can give someone to cure 

being mad at the sky. So I keep biting my lip to speak.
I keep telling myself the worst case scenario is
a quiet kitchen with blank walls. Dry bowls of cereal.

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KG Newman is a sportswriter who covers the Broncos and Rockies for The Denver Post. His first four collections of poems are available on Amazon and he has been published in scores of literary journals worldwide. The Arizona State University alum is on Twitter @KyleNewmanDP and more info and writing can be found at kgnewman.com. He is the poetry editor of Hidden Peak Press and he lives in Hidden Village, Colorado, with his wife and three kids.