After The Wake
written by: David Estringel
@The_Booky_Man
There’s a
rap, rap, rapping
on my bedroom door.
The rocking chair
creaks.
The ceiling fan light,
overhead, winks
in flirtatious rhythm.
Who else but me
disturbs the dust
and haunts
the cold of these walls
and hungry keyholes?
Shadows
enter at the exit
(I hear)
and outstay their welcome.
I yawn
and stretch
and rub my eyes,
as if to say,
“Time to go. Party’s over,”
but they don’t listen.
Can’t say when it started.
Don’t know when it will end.
Just hoping they’re not waiting
for me to join
the fun.
David Estringel is a Xicanx writer/poet with works published in literary publications like The Opiate, Azahares, Cephalorpress, DREICH, Somos en escrito, Ethel, The Milk House, Beir Bua Journal, and The Blue Nib. His first collection of poetry and short fiction Indelible Fingerprints was published April 2019, followed Blood Honey and Cold Comfort House (2022), Little Punctures (2023), and Blind Turns in the Kitchen Sink (scheduled for July 2023). David has written six poetry chapbooks, Punctures, PeripherieS, Eating Pears on the Rooftop, Golden Calves and Blue (2023), and Sour Grapes (coming 2024).
Latest posts by David Estringel (see all)
- After The Wake - May 19, 2024
- Black Flies - February 24, 2024
- Indigo - November 15, 2023
