The Friday Poem

A poem every Friday

Rachel Burns

Close up photo of Diane Seuss' face. She looks intensely at the camera, heavy dark eyeshadow frames her eyes.

I drove all the way to Cape Disappointment

Rachel Burns takes a close look at the opening poem of frank: sonnets by Diane Seuss
Escape

Escape

by Rachel Burns — Suddenly, I’ve time warped like in that German TV show / where everyone listens to cool eighty tunes on a Walkman. // I’m fifteen again, sat on the top of the double decker / with best friend, Kat. Look, we are sharing a long menthol