Steven O. Young Jr.

3 o’clock

I want to tell you

all about the lonesome

figure dancing

on the edge

of my eye,

but when I turn,

I see you

’ve fallen off,

too.

Steven O. Young Jr. is knitted within the Great Lakes’ mitten, where he earned an MA from Oakland University and occasionally slathers soundstages with his body weight’s worth of paint. His latest literary homes include Revolute, Barzakh Magazine, Havik, 300 Days of Sun, and Washington Square Review.