the sign in the window said.
I bought one, brought it home,
and centered it on the kitchen table. It

looked nice. I picked it up again the
next day. turning it slowly in my hand, …

Poem, in its entirety, is available in the printed version of the current issue.


Bio:

KERRY DESROCHERS is a Canadian Métis writer whose poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Chicago Review, the New York Quarterly, the Harvard Advocate, Queen’s Quarterly, filling Station, and Prairie Fire, among other publications. He taught English at universities in South Korea for over 20 years.