Where
….
No, the boom
never reached this far.
The freeway passed twelve
miles south of here.
The spur rusted.
Maybe you got away,
whoever you are.
I never did.
……
This poem is from the chapbook Out of Idaho by Grove Koger (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/out-of-idaho-by-grove-koger/
Grove Koger is the author of a readers’ guide to travel narratives, When the Going Was Good; a chapbook of poetry, Not; and two chapbooks of short stories, Something Strange and Treacherous Waters. He’s Assistant Editor of Deus Loci: The Lawrence Durrell Journal, and lives in Boise, Idaho, with his wife, poet Margaret Koger.
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