Garrett Snedaker

Wednesday Adams, wearing Thursday Boots, had dinner with friends at TGI Fridays on Saturday night. They went to Ruby Tuesday for dessert, each of them ordering a sundae. Garrett Snedaker

a sense of place etched on her face erosion from emotion frozen as though she’d been wrote on in that cardboard burrow where every neuro, every furrow petrified traumatized and cast aside shuddering through sleepless nights struggling to win needless fights with blurry eyes and worry lines at sixteen going on thirty-nine leaving all she’d […]

(and all who have been victimized by gun violence and dehumanization) In the only photo I’ve seen, the only one on file, he wears a Star Wars shirt and closed-mouth smile The rest, having not met him, is for me to imagine but seeing him next to his mother, I see compassion I see a […]

I had to cut the grass. The mower’s electric, so not as loud as gas. Chaco still growled and glared. When I finally stopped, Chaco finally shared, “I dislike the outdoor vacuum.” “Duly noted,” I replied, as Chaco sniffed an early bloom. Having picked up the clippers, Chaco asked me, “Are those outdoor scissors I […]

No rain for days, feeling hopeful Wind at my back, timing my stride Fallen brethren all around, but eying      the holy grail There it lies, perfectly convex veined and crisp A slight lateral movement, audibly     scraping concrete Anticipation rising, three steps, two     right foot conducts And the crinkled chorus ensues Garrett Snedaker

You say with good intention the rioting doesn’t make sense But the expressions of anger are a form of self-defense Floyd, Arbery, Martin, Garner, McDonald and Bland Just a fraction of the reasons why people gotta take a stand Skin color used to create a phony duality Justification for centuries of abject brutality Black and […]

You use less water Have no son or daughter Eat less meat Rely on your feet But industry dwarfs So the climate morphs A tipping point reached A levee is breached To an ostrich we relate For it may be too late Garrett Snedaker