Matthew Friday
Cheated
Outside a Safeway, Starbucks in hand
wondering if there exists
places devoid of the poetic.
Car park tarmac.
Gloomy January evening.
Almost evidence
only there is an irregular puddle
of water into which
falls tampering rain drops
as if it was its own private cloud.
Bio
Matthew James Friday is a British born writer and teacher. He has been published in numerous international journals, including, recently: Dawntreader (UK), The Dillydoun Review (USA), VerbalArt (India), and Lunch Ticket (USA). The micro-chapbooks All the Ways to Love, The Residents, Waters of Oregon and The Words Unsaid were published by the Origami Poems Project (USA). Matthew is a 2021 Pushcart Prize nominated poet.