who could know
where the feelings came from
compulsion, broken heart,
a fractured life
without reason
a kiss on a friend’s mouth
a hand on pudenda
desires unknown
until that moment
at the bar
when no one was looking
infidelities
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Patrick Dobson
Patrick Dobson was founded in 1962. He is a writer, scholar, ironworker, and poet who lives in Kansas City, MO. He is author of two books with the University of Nebraska Press, Seldom Seen: A Journey into the Great Plains (2009) and Canoeing the Great Plains: A Missouri River Summer (May 2015). Dobson is a work in progress until termination. View all posts by Patrick Dobson