Jeanna Paden

Where do we go from here

the spot behind my eyelids is shot / in the dark, sad / like pouring the sun into bottles / throwing each out to sea / where do people go / to get their hope / where am I / when the sun reaches / its highest point in this sky / then decides it misses its lover and must return / to the cold side of the spinning rock / I have always stood alone / on one leg / in the middle of a small town / meteor shower / I am not afraid of vastness / ice and soot and the missing / sound bites in a static-lined phone—conversation / but where do we go from here / when we are friendly with only the air in our lungs

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Jeanna Paden (she/her) is a content marketer, poet/novelist/essayist and founding editor of Antipoetry Magazine. Her work has been published by Foothill: A Journal of Poetry, Her Culture, Pulp Poets Press, Okay Donkey, Harbor Review and others. Connect with her on Twitter @TheHalfway3 or @AntipoetryMag.