I desired the world and the grace
was swept away and the logic
became circular.
Only easy living and the sweet life
of limited mind became essential
to the day-to-day.
But we all want a bigger view.
We want the clear mountain streams
and to chop wood, and carry water.
So here, just now at the keyboard
I found the working answer, not
drunk, not fucking wavering.
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Mike Hackney
Mike Hackney is the author of Midwestern Shoes; Your Poetic Self All Over Again (PublishAmerica 2007, essays and poetry), as well as three other poetry collections and a novel. His works have appeared in Artifact Nouveau, Mercury Retrograde, Passengers Journal, Whitewall Review and a handful of other print and online journals. In 2023, he released The Unforgivable Gossamer Sadness, a CD of poetry, rock, and jazz fusion (CD Baby, 2023) which was featured on the local news in his hometown of Toledo, Ohio, where he lives and works as a poet and writer.