Everybody Knows There’s Acid in the Potato Salad

by David Storment

 

 

and yet they’re all frowning

to show anything like wonder.

Lemon wedges with a seed

in half my mother mistakes me

for a birthmark.

 

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Dave Storment is an MFA graduate of Eastern Washington University. He lives in Spokane, WA with his cats, Elvis and Kendrick.