Piker Press β€” Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

What Might Have Been

"My daughter was abandoned at birth..."

What Might Have Been

My daughter was abandoned at birth.
her father buried

in smoke filled rooms, cheap wine, and lines of cocaine
dangling from the hangman’s noose.

dreaming of what might have been
she lays flowers on his headstone.






Article © Paulette Calasibetta. All rights reserved.
Published in the May 6, 2024 issue .
Image(s) are public domain.
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