board setup: griptape
i use a razor
blade to cut out
an oval of sky
a screwdriver
to file down
the perimeter
of the night
blow the moon
dust off
my fingers
board setup: bolts
moods swing between
phillips & allen
one silver bolt
in the northeastern part
of these heavens
just under a light
year away from my heel
i'll take whatever
light's left of these
dim constellations
trusting their suns
won't rattle
won't slowly
unscrew themselves
from the sky as they burn
board setup: trucks
mall grabbers unite
give a shoutout
to the slappy kids
to the speed wobbles
we had coming
no matter how
many times you kiss
the concrete
you can't give up
the reward
of rolling away
so what
if you were born
& raised
in wheelbite city
grind the soul
all the way
to the axle
Larry Narron
Larry Narron's poems have appeared in Phoebe, Bayou, Hobart, Booth, and Sugar House Review, among others. They've been nominated for the Best of the Net and Best New Poets. Larry's first chapbook, Wasted Afterlives, was published in 2020 by Main Street Rag. He teaches language arts at a secondary school in San Diego.
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