Saxophone dreams

It looked like the silhouette of a rifle on guard,
shooting at the next enemy. Turns out it was

nothing but a saxophone pointing downward
collecting some blues, and then there was

music and it was like the entire world
turned on a pin, turned from all bad

to all good even though it was the blues
and I listened to that song over and over

until I could hum it for you right now,
if you like.

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Casey Killingsworth has work in The American Journal of Poetry, Better Than Starbucks, The Moth, Two Thirds North, and other journals. His most recent book is A nest blew down from Kelsay Books. A new collection, Freak show (Fernwood Press), is due out in late 2022. Casey has a degree from Reed College.