by Deron Eckert

How nice

to see you

again,

plodding along

in all seriousness

despite

looking as if

you stepped

in the paint

chosen by a child

who wants

an Aegean bedroom

but cannot commit

to living with

walls so dark.

Deron Eckert is a poet and writer who lives in Lexington, Kentucky. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Atlanta Review, Blue Mountain Review, Rattle, Stanchion, Beaver Magazine, Thin Air Magazine, The Fourth River, and elsewhere. He can be found on Instagram at @deroneckert.