Mike Wilson: a poem

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.