Howie Good
The crowded
elevator disappeared
between floors.
Pedestrians stood
weeping at the crosswalk.
She still loves you,
said the old man
walking a dog on a rope.
I smelled the salt
of the nearby tears.
It took two
or three matches
before the light
would stay lit.
Howie Good is the author of a full-length poetry collection, Lovesick, as well as 21 print and digital poetry chapbooks, including most recently, Hello, Darkness, available from Deadly Chaps.