I am the forgotten toddler
melting between the leather seats of
your locked car
parked far enough away to not get
your doors dinged where
you’re still inside arguing with the
fourteen-year-old cashier over
your receipt where
you were still charged for a box of
buy one, get one free
Pop-Tarts.
Stephen Wack is a graduate from UGA where he studied Psychology with an emphasis in Neuroscience and briefly worked as an intern at the university’s literary journal, The Georgia Review. He has been the featured reader at multiple events in his town of Athens, as well as hosts a local, monthly open-mic night, Goetry. In June Stephen self-published his first chapbook, “scalpy,” a collection of auto-biographical prose and poetry. His work is to be featured in the January issues of Artifact and Linden Avenue Literary Journal.
A Quiet Courage 