and you are not my metronome.
Stimuli can't condition me, god.
how good it feels since I left home.
batons draw spirals in the sky.
Laurie Kolp's poems have recently appeared in the Southern Poetry Anthology VIII: Texas, Stirring, Whale Road Review, concis, Up the Staircase, and more. Her poetry books include the full-length Upon the Blue Couch and chapbook Hello, It's Your Mother. An avid runner and lover of nature, Laurie lives in Southeast Texas with her husband, three children, and two dogs.