jessie carty
As I pick at the change
from my cupholder,
I flip over one quarter
that seems slim.
1970. Older than me.
There is a divot
over the 9 and the 7.
I stroke
at Washington's
braid and wonder
if maybe a young groom
had rubbed
this quarter while he
waited for his bride.
I can see the church, small,
but not without
the same sound of those colossal
cathedrals like the Sacre
Coeur where the stairs to the tower
have gone concave
down the center of each step.
When I was there
I tried to walk as close to the wall
as possible, as if
my little feet in my one visit
could somehow
work away a noticeable
bit of stone.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
jessie carty - perpetual motion
jessie carty
has appeared in publications such as The Main Street Rag, Iodine Poetry Journal and The Houston Literary Review. She is the author of two poetry chapbooks, At the A & P Meridiem (Pudding House 2009) and The Wait of Atom (Folded Word 2009), as well as a full length poetry collection, Paper House (Folded Word 2010). Jessie is a freelance writer and writing coach. She is also the photographer and editor for Referential Magazine. She can be found around the web, especially at http://jessiecarty.com where she blogs about everything from housework to the act of blogging itself.
