The Morning Commute
October 29, 2025
The Morning Commute
Low slate clouds make the morning
sun into a trick moon
just above the tree line
while the fog makes I-79
into a ghost trail, a liminal fade
of asphalt and other vehicles:
now in sight, now out of sight.
The split deer carcasses along the edge,
the covenant sacrifice
that feeds this machine.
Torli Bush is a poet from Webster Springs, WV. They hold a MFA in Creative Writing from West Virginia Wesleyan College. Torli is currently a poetry editor for Heartwood Literary Magazine, and their first collection, Requiem for a Redbird, is available from Pulley Press.
