"Oh Dad" by Jeanine Walker

Oh Dad

Lain out on the bed
in your basement office

I woke you to get one last
picture before the airport —

you were in a deep sleep.
“Where are we going?”

you asked, fearful,
startled. I wish I knew.

Jeanine Walker

Jeanine Walker has been recognized with grants from Artist Trust, Jack Straw Cultural Center, and Wonju, UNESCO City of Literature. She holds a Ph.D. in Creative Writing from the University of Houston and has published work in Chattahoochee Review, Prairie Schooner, New Ohio Review, and elsewhere. Her full-length poetry collection is The Two of Them Might Outlast Me, out from Groundhog Poetry Press in late 2022. She teaches for Hugo House and Kangwon National University.

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