again
after another late-night diversion
drinking hope-filled glasses
of slinky life. Slinkies—
those metal springy objects
relegated to a sexy
slump
down
steep
stairs.
Once at the bottom—
useless.


Robin Wright lives in Southern Indiana. Her work has appeared in Ariel Chart, Minnow Literary Magazine, Ekphrastic Review, Re-side, Black Bough Poetry, Spank the Carp, Muddy River Poetry Review, Rat’s Ass Review, and others. One of her poems was nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Panoply, and her first chapbook, Ready or Not, was recently published by Finishing Line Press.