Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

Low Life

Blank verse. The strata of wild life provide a metaphor for devotion.

I wish I was a giraffe
then maybe I could try
to stretch and reach the upper air
that you so rarify
instead I can only creep
along savannah floors
and snuffle at your feet
waiting for a precious leaf

to

fall

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