Grief Box
Jakob Maier | Poetry
You’re dead &
you’re far away.
Why log on
at night.
I wake up
mid-conversation
to a dream about
a green house
full of burning
people.
My favorite fact
about trees
is that they’re
bigger underground.
Jakob Maier is a writer and artist in Syracuse, New York, where he received his MFA from Syracuse University and is a poetry editor for Peach Mag. He is the author of the microchapbook, Conversations (Ghost City Press, 2017), and his work has appeared or is forthcoming in Prelude, Gramma, Birdfeast, Hobart, Metatron, Flock, fields, Shabby Doll House, and more. Find him on Twitter @goodtimejakob.
Featured Image by Thomas Ehling