fingertips

by Josh Thompson

my fingertips
beginning
to hurt.

I put
down
the poem
and retire
to a cup
of coffee
and a sunset
to match the
freckles on my face—
worn thin
from the wind
and the city days
that
keep
winding
by.

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Josh Thompson is a poet and short story writer from New York City. His work has appeared in The Coe Review, The Ugly Tree, Thick With Conviction, Poetry Superhighway and A Tender Touch and A Shade of Blue, among others.