a hammock
of winter sleep
in the armpit
of the highway
/
a log truck
raises its voice
above the monotone
/
sound accelerates
down
the liquid sheet
/
polyvinyl
traffic cones
idle
in powder’s
mouth
/
a lone pigeon
drives
the emptiness
home
Eimear Laffan’s work has been published in Atlas and Alice, Funicular, MoonPark Review, Skylight 47, and wildness. She is a finalist for the 2022 RBC Bronwen Wallace Emerging Poetry Prize. She lives in Nelson, British Columbia.