Let's be honest.

These aren't so much a look forward
as they are a glance over the shoulder
at life changing vows and diets who died
two-weeks out of the womb.

These are confessions...

to the sins of stagnancy,
to bellies that burp with gluttonous joy,
and all the half-spoken should'ves that swell us

Joshua Conklin, a teacher by trade, is currently devoting a year to exclusive work on writing projects including poetry, short fiction, and a family memoir. His poetry has been featured at Wild Child Publishing, SNR Review, Foliate Oak, and Ocean Magazine.<.center