ottamwa heights is just a name
council bluffs, i never been
a fire came and burned away
the only thing she’d have liked to save
do you remember?
do you recall?
anything at all
about her
eventually, you’ll get the hang
as you try to navigate
some bars you’ll learn not to go in
some hearts, you’ll learn, you should not win
face down, linoleum
everybody knows
how such stories go
do you remember?
do you recall?
anything at all
about her
face down on linoleum
everybody knows
that these days i’m trying to be better than i used to be