“Some Words for the Week”

There are two

dead dragonflies

on the dashboard

of my car

as I sit down to drive home

after a day of work

they were not there

when I parked my car

this morning

and all my windows are up

somehow they made it inside

and died right next to each other

their wings almost touching

as they spend a work shift

blanching in the sun

I ride home

and their still bodies

glint in the fading light

when I get home

I use a tissue

to toss them into the grass

their bodies crumbling into dust

before they even hit the ground

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