Charles Clifford Brooks III has had work published at The Dead Mule,Eclectica, Gloom Cupboard,Cerebration, Underground Voices,Alba, Zygote in My Coffee, Prick of the Spindle, Conversations, Unlikely 2.0, and The Cartier Street Review. His poetry has been featured on the Joe Milford Poetry Show and he is currently editing his first poetry collection, Whirling Metaphysics, to be published soon!
Lunchtime Spent Getting New Tires
By Charles Clifford Brooks III
I’m sitting in an automotive waiting room
which always has magazines
I wouldn’t read if they were all that was left,
but I trust the red-headed cat
who runs this joint.
The sound of air-powered tools
is familiar from summers
spent working
in daddy’s dealership.
It isn’t noise as much as memories
of crowbars.
This was vivid for me. I used to spend a lot of time in the garage with one of my cars.Nice job.