“Some Words for the Week”

Fallen trees

and hard snow grey with dirt

and half a tank of gas

and a headache

and eastbound cars

with skis in racks

and the sun already

behind the mountains

despite it being

the middle of the afternoon

and folk music on my radio

and my foot on the petal

my hand on the wheel

following the bus

up the mountain

alone again in my car

with the cracked windshield

a world of pine and white air

Alexander Shalom Joseph is a writer from Gilpin County. He has two published books and one more forthcoming in the Fall of 2022. For more information and to subscribe to Alexander’s Newsletter go to alexandershalomjoseph.com