When the Boss is Calling

The only way

to listen to Nebraska

is when you find yourself

tempting dawn on the Jersey Turnpike

in the dead of night,

alone and desperate

and down

to your last cigarette.

Bio:

Unsettled by the country quiet of Pennsylvania, Dezmond Davanti works through residual New York noise by penning poetry and horror tales. With short stories and poems appearing in Jazz House Publications, Steering 22, FromOneLIne and Fevers of the Mind anthologies, he is currently working on a poetry chapbook. X: @DmDavanti Bluesky @dezmonddavanti.bsky.social