On the Radio
they give away tickets
to 3 dog night
& the little river band
at 47
you think
to yourself
they gave away
the same tickets
when you were
in high school
you thought
they’d be dead by now
or at least silent
the car window
half rolled down
birds singing
the only music
that never
gets old.
John Dorsey is the former Poet Laureate of Belle, MO. He is the author of several collections of
poetry, including Which Way to the River: Selected Poems: 2016-2020 (OAC Books, 2020),
Sundown at the Redneck Carnival, (Spartan Press, 2022, and Pocatello Wildflower, (Crisis
Chronicles Press, 2023). He may be reached at archerevans@yahoo.com.