Rush Hour, by Dominic Ross Garcia

Dear Readers,

We were so excited and overwhelmed by the poems we received for our upcoming Mundane Joys anthology that we had to share a few on The Rail! This week we have a poem on the body and the Earth by Dominic Ross Garcia

Mundane Joys celebrates the less-obvious triumphs of every day life. Each copy comes with a custom Derailleur Press tea blend and seed paper to grow a garden of your own. Visit our store to reserve yours today!

Happy reading!

- Derailleur Press

Rush Hour

Most days 
I bump into boulders 
They shift and tumble 
causing my shoulders 
to crack 

It happens when everything 
is not quite right 
when your footsteps 
fail to find 
the ley lines of the earth 

You become a pariah 
a blocked profile 
Even the breeze 
impartial for the most part 
avoid your gaze 

However there is 
the rare occasion 
when your muscles 
stretch at the right moment 
A god-like cadence 
fill your every breath 

All of a sudden 
your limbs turn into silk 
Greens and whites fill your vision 
And the streets are not as narrow 
as you thought they once were

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Dominic Ross Garcia is the author of Looking for Giants and a frontend developer at Strand Book Store. He likes scribbling stories about people and gods and magic just to name a few. Currently, he is studying UX/UI design at Columbia University.