What Remains,
Even After You Sold the Coffee Table on Craigslist
written by: Nate Simpson
@transit_diary
Bottle from a cheap and cheerful vintage
served better purpose as a candle stick holder,
the long-legged runs
of hot red wax
pooled, cooled and hardened
on the walnut stained coffee table,
and his skin,
are easy to snap off, wipe clean
and throw in the outside trash,
but harder to see
the gaps in the wood grain,
like spaces between bad memories,
the wax still fills
Nate Simpson writes, runs and lives in Toronto. His poems have appeared in Spillwords, Juniper, Hart House Review, and the Spadina Literary Review, amongst other publications.
Latest posts by Nate Simpson (see all)
- What Remains - July 22, 2024
- White Toast - March 6, 2017
