Fail
By Thom Young

I am the American
failure
kissing the sky with a manicured
lawn with skeletons
buried in the back yard
two point five brats
staring at a dull
screen
please don’t wake me
please don’t
wake me

Thom Young is a writer from Texas. His work has been in 3am magazine, Thieves Jargon, Word Riot, The Legendary, 48th Street Press, The Zombie Logic Review, Commonline Journal and many other places.