Ponyboi is a drag-per­form­ing cowpunk who also teaches lit­er­a­ture and cre­ative writing at Lees-McRae, a tiny but mighty college in the moun­tains of Western North Car­oli­na. Their writing has pre­vi­ous­ly appeared in West Branch, The Greens­boro Review, Lit­er­ary Hub, Bitch, Sin­is­ter Wisdom, and else­where. Head to www.drponyboi.com to see more of their work.

This poem orig­i­nal­ly appeared in Stonecoast Review Issue 21. 

Photo by michal dziekon­s­ki