Absconding
of course, leaving would be
easy, peeling away, kicking
up small stones, waving
rude gestures in the air,
the sound of tires spinning
all the way to the fork
where I would have to stop
and decide again
what to do with myself.
JD DeHart is a writer and teacher. His work has appeared in Eye On Life Magazine and The Commonline Journal, among others. His first chapbook, The Truth About Snails, is due this fall.