Traffic lights
don’t wait long enough
for me to cross
many young drivers
frustrated
by my brief existence
as a 19-year-old boy
walks in tennis shoes
no laces
no socks
Craig Cotter was born in New York and lives in California. His poems appear in California Quarterly, Chiron Review, Columbia Poetry Review, Court Green, The Gay & Lesbian Review, Great Lakes Review, Hawai’i Review, & Tampa Review. His fourth book of poems, After Lunch with Frank O’Hara, is available on Amazon. www.craigcotter.com
