The Monday Poem is brought to you by Professor Jim Gormley of the English Department. Enjoy!
Miles Davis in the morning
By Evelyn Laurer
You left. The walls
closed in. Sliver
of light between what
was once now and
what would soon become
the past. Unchangeable.
A door shut. And then
another, hot asphalt
of August swallowing
your shadow.
I turned on Kind of
Blue. Let the sun
creep in from behind
the curtain. Made coffee
without sugar or cream.
You were already
down the street, or in a cab,
or home, making toast,
only a week away from never
seeing me again.
About This Poet
I love it when I discover a new writer, don’t you?
Evelyn Lauer received her MFA in creative writing from Texas State University. Her poems and essays have appeared in Huffington Post, Education Week, Sentence, Denver Syntax, and elsewhere. She teaches high school English in the Chicago area and is currently working on a novel.
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