Erin Jay


  • Erin Jay

    Half a Decade by Erin Jay

    I still remember waking up
    Alarm clock radio sounding off to vague news reports

    I turned on the TV just in time to see the second tower fall

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    Wonder Valley by Erin Jay

    Wonder Valley isn’t a place where people live. There aren’t any proper houses there, at least none you can see from the highway; and you can see a very long way from the highway.

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    Coachella by Erin Jay

    I sink my feet into the sand of my home
    grains rubbing against my surgery scar
    and my ankles are always the part that starts sweating first

    185 words

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    America by Erin Jay

    It’s about the next buck,
    The next fuck,
    The next big thing
    As you sell your soul to the man for a martini and a George Foreman grill.

    162 words

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    5 Miles Off by Erin Jay

    I’m driving past the police stand
    and notice my speedometer is 5 miles off
    most likely the result
    of driving on a donut
    for 300 miles past the limit of 50

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