Diagnosis

Outside the men’s restroom
at Union Station
trench coats heaped
next to skis.

Inside the pile
I am a carpet beetle
minding the pockets.

Outside the pile
I am the custodian with
a side gig selling the larvae
to the chocolate-covered-
insect food truck,
The Smooth Thorax.

Brian Dickson (he/him/his): When not teaching at the Community College of Denver, Brian avoids driving as much as possible to traipse around the front range region by foot, bike, bus or train with kids in tow. Somehow he also serves as an editor for New Feathers Anthology as well.