Justin S Wampler

Justin S Wampler Jun 2022

If you ditch your kid,
every day is father's day!

Or maybe none of them are.

Happy father's day Dad,
you schizophrenic loner.
I want to be just like you!
Look at how I've spent the last ten years of my life!
Squandering opportunities,
drinking myself stupid,
and going out of my way
to be alone.

I know you'd be proud, because honestly
I'm just jealous of your freedom.
Do you sleep well?
Are you still
sick?

Mom's dead, by the way.
I guess you kinda are
too.

Justin S Wampler Jun 2022

Yellow Light

I prefer my sunlight slotted.

Divided by venetian blinds,
dust motes wafting lazily
through beams of morning light.

The sunshine shone, dappled.

Tangled in the canopied sky,
I like way it highlights
the memories in my mind.

I love my yellow light dulled.

The fog burns with the dawn,
driving through glowing clouds
as I rub my eyes and hum along.

Justin S Wampler Jun 2022

Young, when we're together.

No swing set is off limits.
No water too deep, or too cold,
to dip your toes.

A handful of wet sand
just to squish
and watch
dribble through your fingers.

I'd keep hunting all **** day
for a couple of perfect skipping stones.
Prodding and peering along
the well-trodden forest floor,
limbs and boughs and leaves all
rushing in the blustery day.

Catching your smiling eyes
with mine, frozen in time.

Justin S Wampler Jun 2022

Hygienists irritation

Bought floss
three years ago.

Maybe longer.

Still have plenty.

Justin S Wampler Jun 2022

Alcoholic

I can think of twelve hundred good reasons

to drink tonight.

In the back of my mind

they all feel like

shallow little lies.

Good enough for me though.
Good enough for brandy.

Justin S Wampler Jun 2022

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