A Raven by Mark A. Fisher
perches on the streetlight pole
looking down and mocking me
attached to the ground as I am
he’s unable to walk that mile in mine
as I am to soar the winds as him
suffering each our own self-importance
our alien worlds overlapping
right in my front yard
Mark A. Fisher is a writer, poet, and playwright living in Tehachapi, CA. His poetry has appeared in: Trouvaille Review, A Sharp Piece of Awesome, Altadena Poetry Review, Penumbra, Young Ravens, and many other places. His poem “there are fossils” came in second in the 2020 Dwarf
Stars Speculative Poetry Competition. His plays have appeared on California stages in Pine Mountain Club, Tehachapi, Bakersfield, and Hayward.