She loves how the night sky
promises nothing.
It just falls as powder falls,
as much by accident
as by design.
Her embroidered sleeves
envy crows that smoke
cigars in old cartoons.
She sometimes wishes
that someone cared enough
to portray her completely wrong.
Glen Armstrong
Glen Armstrong (he/him/his) holds an MFA in English from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and edits a poetry journal called Cruel Garters. He has three current books of poems: Invisible Histories, The New Vaudeville, and Midsummer. His work has appeared in Poetry Northwest, Conduit, and The Cream City Review.