No Where to Go, by Billy Howell-Sinnard

Hotel by a Railroad, by Edward Hopper (USA). 1952.

No Where To Go

A book can be a vehicle
a club car
characters to befriend, to avoid
cold steel of the tracks
sings in the wind
weeds travel where no one else goes
take root in forbidden cinders
the relentless sun
leaves shadows behind

to the coming night 
a mirror to hide in the corners
time to think of places to go
to realize there are none
beyond the burning cigarette
and open book​

Billy Howell-Sinnard
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Billy is a hospice case manager, visual artist, and poet. He's had numerous first, second, and third place wins at IBPC (InterBoard Poetry Community). His poem, Hospice Nurse, won second place for poem of the year for 2014-2015. Several of his poems have been published in anthologies and at online poetry sites.