Just thought I’d say—
before we were separated and tortured,
and I gave you up for what you hadn’t done—
it was nice when you put
your head on my shoulder
as we slept in our seats on the plane.
Mark Henderson teaches English at Tuskegee University. He earned his Ph. D. at Auburn University with concentrations in American literature and psychoanalytic theory. He has poems published or forthcoming in Cozy Cat Press, From Whispers to Roars, Former People, Neologism, Broad River Review, Rune Bear, Flora Fiction, Blood Tree Literature, Burningword, and Poetry Super Highway. He was born and raised in Monroe, Louisiana, and currently resides in Auburn, Alabama.