Poetry By M.A. Riggle

      Sunghwan Yoon CC




UNTITLED 43


We were there 
when it happened

The cops came 
to interrogate                  the clouds
and we eyed each other             in agreement 
before drawing in           what we could 
of the innocent

It felt like a danger 
but may only have been
                                               a breath — hard to tell


It takes so long to learn quiet 

We come
with a gasp and a shriek 
noise like a birthright 
sound a demand

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M.A. Riggle lives in Kentucky in a cottage between two horse farms with her teenage kid, an elderly St. Bernard, and three cats of various mousing abilities. Megan works as a technical editor. In her free time, she can be found gardening or staring at the moon.