Excerpt from “Lightning”

by Joe Bussiere 

I like your words 

self medication sounds so 
serious, like procreation 

I wonder what it will 
be like, and I always 

say, ok, here it is 
I sat near the street 

it was so noisy and 
so momentous, so much stuff around 

yes I like it

Joe Bussiere is a junior attending NYU majoring in linguistics and minoring in creative writing. He is inspired by Otis Redding, Lil Wayne, and Charlie Parker. He can be found on the internet as well as in the darkness on the edge of town, reading Stanzas In Meditation in meditation.