Patterns

By S.F. Wright

Wednesday evening
Almost over;
Then Thursday,
And
Friday. 
The weekend’s 
Booze
Seems like
A faraway
Oasis;
Yet it will
Come, go,
Disappoint.
Then
Tired Sunday,
Monday;
And the oasis
Appears
Again.

S.F. Wright lives and teaches in New Jersey. His work has appeared in Hobart, X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, and Elm Leaves Journal, among other places. His short story collection, The English Teacher, is forthcoming from Cerasus Poetry, and his website is sfwrightwriter.com.