The Literary Magazine of the Osterhout Free Library
Fold’s Point
Jeremy Nathan Marks
When I was thirteen and we first went to Boston
I met RFK’s silhouette
What the impact was
what that profile meant
introduced a certainty that
I could go on to The Kennedy School
staying true to kismet
My father said get perfect grades
you should never err— Continue reading “Jeremy Nathan Marks, Spring•Summer 2017”
The neighborhood is still alive
Jeremy Nathan Marks
Who said anything about whistling while
you work?
But you can sing while taking out the trash
raking leaves or helping someone
with their car
With four walls and a roof and none of it
shared who said you’ve got to smile
and mean it when you say
Yes, ma’am
Save when you’re home
and playing that music loud
and inviting in whoever at whatever
hour
Firecrackers on the holidays
(and sometimes other days)
the dogs begging to lie on top of the bed
Other times beer bottles broke up
in the gutters Continue reading “Jeremy Nathan Marks, Summer 2016”
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