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Literary Journal for Young Writers

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Small Town Survival

By Jaxon Farmer

Imagine being born into a world that bites back
Thrown here with no stepping stones
The clatter of flag poles; the chatter of fallen leaves
—this is home and hell.
Cold carcasses carried in the arms of Small Town,
Puppeteering inert skin with heartstrings,
Collecting taxes or cemetery-addressed love letters or me.
Muffled chirps and benches left barren
Hooked on minority famine.
But these eulogies are not compulsory
Because sometimes escape is recovery
So as new-home warmth overwhelms
And the fiery frigidity subsides
We are finally granted a goodbye

 

Jaxon Farmer (he/him) is a seventeen-year old student from Ohio who values language as the vehicle for reflection and advocacy. This comes to fruition most often within the Speech & Debate sphere. He attempts to craft his works as a patchwork of the beautiful incongruity of identity.

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: Summer Poems 2022

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