Porch light haloed
in moths, house
leaking into the night.
Inside, my father
drinks, dark rum cleaving
memory from throat,
I take it all back.
We do what we have to,
to stay alive.
John Pring is an author and poet based in the UK. His work has been featured in The Passionfruit Review, MONO, Oroboro, Dolorem Ipsum, Letter Review, Qu Literary, Banyan Review, Tomahawk Creek Review, Cathexis Northwest Press, Rising Phoenix Review, and others.
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