after Dylan Baker and Juna Barnes

                  this beautiful disease

            makes addicts who don’t care

                                            the cage ceiling is painted

                                                                                                 like the sky 

          drawn by the lone porch light 

                                                                        I feel alive in reminiscence 

                                                                                      the creaking loveseat rocking 

         the bonfire by the river

                                                                                           a yearning touch

                                                                     yearning   yearning not for me exactly

     I merely occupy a space and time

                                                                                                                   yearning to quell 

          the icy fire in her body        

                                   by pushing it into another fire

yearning

                                                          to soothe the northern bird

                                                                               that feathers a long cold wind

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Bobby Steve Baker is a Canadian/American writer/photographer/neuro-ophthalmologist living in Ontario and Orlando. He has recently published in Ink Nest, Fieldstone Review, The Soliloquist, Litmosphere, and Charlotte Lit. He has three books of poetry the latest book of poetry and photography the latest is This Crazy Urge to Live by Linnett’s Wings Press.