In poetry
I can lie like a sonnuvabitch
and get away with it
Because the truth of a poem
isn’t related
to its historical factuality
It’s in the fingers of the wind
wrinkles on memories
and promises of pleasures
in the dark
—
Richard F. Yates is a poet, short story author, and artist living in Washington state, USA. He is married and has two daughters, works in the writing center at Washington State University @ Vancouver, and his work has appeared in such places as: Mad Swirl, The Salmon Creek Journal, Words-Myth, Word Riot, and Vision? Nary! Magazine.
