‘Pleas’

Keith A. Dodson has dabbled in photography for over fifty years. Recent work has appeared, or will soon appear, in Arkana, Ink In Thirds, LIT Magazine, Radar, Sheepshead Review, Split Rock Review, and The Penn Review.

Pleas

Old man

the garage

is tidy

enough

come sit

on the couch

have a drink

besides

the show

is starting

to stagnate

alone

I watch

you aging

from afar

clicking

channels

like your knees

fill my ears

programs

go on

with living

next to me

this once

please

please

Cassady O’Reilly-Hahn is a poet with an MA from Claremont Graduate University. He is an editor for Foothill: A Poetry Journal that highlights graduate student voices. He works for Deluxe, a company that localizes TV and Film for a global audience. In his free time, Cassady writes Haiku for his personal blog, orhawrites and his Instagram @cassady_orha. Cassady currently lives in Redlands, California, with his wife, Anabelle, and their two pugs, Wyatt and Jasper.