Two Poems
Takes One to Know One
Joy, Happiness, and Euphoria
walk into a bar after their shift
to get hammered on 2-for-1's
Gratitude takes their order
hoping the tip she earns
lasts until next payday
walk into a bar after their shift
to get hammered on 2-for-1's
Gratitude takes their order
hoping the tip she earns
lasts until next payday
Poetry St.
Not one city
is affordable
unless you're lucky
is affordable
unless you're lucky
Nikki Wallschlaeger’s work has been featured in The Nation, Brick, American Poetry Review, Witness, POETRY, and others. She is the author of the full-length collections Houses (Horseless Press 2015) and Crawlspace (Bloof 2017), as well as the graphic book I Hate Telling You How I Really Feel (2019), also from Bloof Books.