Timothy Pilgrim
The entire black murder
flies south to see
if it’s true —
sheetrock at Home Depot
still lies in white piles,
seething.
Waiting for a tweet.
Shotguns pointed up,
caw, rattle, click.
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Timothy Pilgrim, a Montana native, Pacific Northwest poet and 2018 Pushcart Prize nominee with five hundred acceptances by journals such as Seattle Review, Santa Anna River Review, San Pedro River Review, Toasted Cheese, Windsor Review, Hobart, Sleet Magazine and Third Wednesday, is author of “Mapping water” (Flying Trout Press, 2016) and “Seduced by metaphor” (Cairn Shadow Press, 2021).