Roberta Hatcher is the author of the chapbook French Lessons (Finishing Line, 2016). Her work has appeared in The Comstock Review, St. Petersburg Review, Storm Cellar, Voices from the Attic, Vox Populi, Yawp and other journals. A professor of French postcolonial studies in a former life, she currently lives in Pittsburgh where she recently retired from training volunteer literacy tutors for a community-based non-profit.
AMERICA, GASLIGHTER
AMERICA, GASLIGHTER what would you payfor remembering? in the lockdown against deathhow much I loved:night surfingsexy abecedarysilencelaughterthe junkyard warbler a bulldozer’s sleep traumaproof an unknown source sings in my mouthin a dark time broken bell reaching for outer landsvows to seeask how are youhungry reasons for staying *All words in this poem are taken from titles …