Prison Interior by Francisco Goya cira 1973-1794
A Love Song
slide, strut, thud
empty halls reverberate
teenage boys
in lockup
jump suit
orange holds hands
behind, staring
past dogged brows
squelching
all impulse
to stab, to wound, to win
trade it in
for good behavior
and a coloring book.
Ann Privateer has had poetry featured in Manzanita, Poetry Now, Tapestries, Entering, and Tiger Eyes to name a few