Leaving Bents Fort

By Lance Henson

Leaving bents fort

For Floyd bringing good

Riding the high plains from Colorado

To Kansas

A whirlwind gaunt and alone crosses the landscape

I drive the truck south toward Oklahoma

Crossing the same path two moon and roman nose

Once wandered

I am on the edge

Barely in America

Somewhere between rage and freedom…

Copyright Credit: Poem copyright ©2021 by Lance Henson, “Leaving Bents Fort” from The Antonym, October 23, 2021. Poem reprinted by permission of the author and the publisher.