Autos in Tuscaloosa — Poetry By Joseph Osel

Autos in Tuscaloosa 
Joseph Osel

© Joseph Osel
in Tuscaloosa
automobiles 
wait for a train 
to pass
before 
rolling
to the 
sawdust factory
the auto plant
the humdinger bar
no place
and over there 

some turn 
around
in tuscalossa
as the train 
dings 
and clicks
but most
wait
and the ones 
who turn around

who knows
where
their
headed


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Joseph Osel is a editor and writer.
"Autos in Tuscaloosa" was first published by the New York Quarterly in 2010. 


 

LIFE EATS LIFE


Roots traverse

The water table and the sky

Life eats life

Survival and violence

Grafted here in copulation

Convexed in a condition

Of pure exhibition


© Joseph Osel, 2017
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'Life Eats Life' was first published by The Commonline Journal (#35)