Goodbye Mt Rushmore
Crossing Pine Mountain in winter
because
someone died tonight…
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving.
In Harlan…
Are we supposed to cook?
She was going to Mt. Rushmore-
North Dakota
before Cancer called last month.
An empty place at the table
gives thanks
for these Thy many gifts.
In the morning,
Black Friday
Finalizes the funeral plans.
Jim Boggs is from Harlan County Kentucky and has spent most of his life working as Broadcaster in Radio and Television. Jim has been writing poetry and song lyrics since childhood. He is currently working on, “Kentucky Twilight”, a book of regional poetry. He resides in Hazard Kentucky near his children and grandchildren.
Copyright © 2016 by Jim Boggs
Cover Image by Duane Kirby Jensen