stylized photograph of a journal with pencil, a pair of eyeglasses, a copy of Jean-Paul Sartre's Saint Genet, a Starbucks cold drink cup, and a 20-oz. bottle of Diet Coke on a tabletop

I am the Thief (a poem)

The title comes from a chapter of Jean-Paul Sartre’s Saint Genet; the rest comes from an afternoon ferry ride with a supposedly ‘routine’ escort by Coast Guard vessels, and the news. My attempt at commentary isn’t successful, but if I still think this poem worthy after some time has passed, I will have plenty of opportunity to work on it…

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