In Darwin,
Minnesota
the biggest ball
of twine
is unencumbered
by human
frailty.
No discontented lovers
struggling with rope
burn
anxious to be free.
No lasso-
twirling cowpokes
waiting in ambush
for that special
someone.
No timber-hitched
twosomes and threesomes
double knotted
like old sneakers.
No families
held together
by spit
and slip
knots.
Just a ball of
purposeless string
bigger now
than the town
hall.
Steve Deutsch lives in State College, PA. His recent publications have or will appear in Evening Street, Better Than Starbucks, Flashes of Brilliance, SanAntonio Review, Softblow, Mojave River Review, The Broadkill Review, Linden Avenue Literary Journal, Panoply, Algebra of Owls, The Blue Nib, Thimble Magazine, The Muddy River Poetry Review, Ghost City Review, Borfski Press, Streetlight Press, Gravel, Literary Heist, Nixes Mate Review, Third Wednesday, Misfit Magazine, Word Fountain, Eclectica Magazine, The Drabble, New Verse News and The Ekphrastic Review. He was nominated for Pushcart Prizes in 2017 and 2018. His Chapbook, “Perhaps You Can,” was published in 2019 by Kelsay Press.
