Photography © Edward S. Gault

 

Failure

I am the American
failure
kissing the sky with a manicured
lawn with skeletons
buried in the backyard
two point five brats
staring at a dull
screen
please don’t wake me
please don’t
wake me when it’s almost over

 

Thom Young is a writer from Texas. His work has been in PBS Newshour, The Wall Street Journal, The Oxford Review, and over a hundred literary journals. A 2008 Million Writers Award and 2016 Pushcart Prize nominee.

Edward S. Gault is a poet and fine arts photographer living in Brighton, Massachusetts. His work has appeared in Oddball Magazine, Spectrum, Wilderness House Literary Review, Interlude, Currents, and Encore.