The Drummer

 

The Drummer

 

Perched in his highchair,

spaghetti spread in front of him,

Brycen bangs his little fists

on the tray in a staccato beat.

 

He snares strings of pasta

drenched in sauce,

rolls them to his mouth,

his smile a cymbal ringing out.

 

  

Robin Wright

  

Robin Wright lives in Southern Indiana. Her work has appeared in Ariel Chart, Minnow Literary Magazine, Ekphrastic Review, Re-side, Black Bough Poetry, Spank the Carp, Muddy River Poetry Review, Rat’s Ass Review, and others. One of her poems was nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Panoply, and her first chapbook, Ready or Not, was recently published by Finishing Line Press.