by Katelyn Leboff
Grubstake
A fifth of whiskey
and a pack of smokes:
for fifty
cents, I'll trade you both.
One quarter for a song
and one for the paper.
He chewed his tongue
and seemed to savor
the oaken scent
of the golden liquor
and the change spent.
A flicker
of acknowledgement -
We've all been there.
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ABOUT THE POET ~
Katelyn Leboff is a young authoress, currently working on many creative writing projects including her poetry, a series of nonfiction essays about her experiences with alcoholism and bipolar disorder, and a fantasy novel about pirates and the thin line between reality and fiction. Katelyn’s work appears in Aubade, Silver Birch Press, and Spurt Literary Journal as well as many journalistic publications in Mousailink, Folio Weekly, Whurk, and The Freelance-Star. Katelyn holds an English (Creative Writing) degree from the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA, and is currently enrolled in the Photography Certificate program at the University of Tennessee. She resides in Knoxville, TN where she works in marketing, but in her free time, you can find her shooting pool, watching football, playing video games, or reading and writing in a local café.
Last updated April 03, 2015