“there are those of us who treat
our bodies worse than amusement
parks and we don’t know when to
get off the ride”
This I learned from a sallow-faced
electrician whose name I didn’t
bother to learn
even though he said it twice
during his time
to talk and I didn’t point out
his was an imperfect metaphor;
I go to the nearest college
across from the blue line
civic center stop I know about
these things
And I’m only here to make my
girlfriend happy because
my only problem is knowledge
so I might grab a drink
after this
About the Poet:
Shepard Kellogg is a writer and visual artist. A graduate of Emerson College in Boston, he earned his B.A. in literary studies and creative writing. His fiction and poetry have appeared in America and abroad, in publications such as Beyond Words Magazine, Stoneboat Literary Journal, The West Trade Review, and others. Recently, he has presented artwork in several group shows at the Pacific Art League in Palo Alto and to independent collectors in San Francisco.
Ephemeral Elegies 
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