Prick of the Spindle: Poetry: Fraley: Self-Portrait with Postcard

Self-Portrait with a Postcard from an Abandoned War Zone
By Jason Fraley

missiles draped in plastic
like my grandma’s couch

which could perform
its function only when she

abandoned the house
and dust could gather

before a window facing
a sky layered in violet

Jason Fraley works as an investment advisor and compliance officer in Columbus, Ohio. In his spare time, he is an argyle sock. His work has appeared in Forklift Ohio, 42opus, The Hat, Pebble Lake Review, Caketrain, and Fifth Wednesday Journal. He has a mini e-chap, Apropos of Nothing, online at Gold Wake Press.