Glistening by Susan Tepper

Look down the river 
running both ways
glistening—
A blessing or curse
confuses the fish
& darkened your pillow
while you slept
unknowing
Scarcely able to 
drum up nightmares 
this bleak—
So here you are
cast in the net
of your making

Susan Tepper is the author of nine published books of fiction and poetry. Her most current are a poetry chap CONFESS (Cervena Barva Press, 2020) and a funky road novel WHAT DRIVES MEN (Wilderness House Press, 2019).  Currently she is in pre-production of a play she adapted from an earlier novel about artist Jackson Pollock in his later years. www.susantepper.com