My Bindle
One moment of intimacy
is longer than a decade of alone.
When I gave you everything
it became mine
but when I thought mine
I lost everything
except a bindle I shoulder
to haul my wounded imagination
Mike Wilson’s work has appeared in magazines including Cagibi Literary Journal, Stoneboat, The Aurorean and The Ocotillo Review, and in Mike’s book, Arranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic (Rabbit House Press, 2020), political poetry for a post-truth world. Mike resides in Central Kentucky in the USA. He can be found at www.mikewilsonwriter.com.