“ICY ROADS MAY EXIST”
Bloody moon of forest fires 
low on the horizon 
a store selling “chainsaw carvings” 
meth girl weeping on the phone in front 
of the all-night gas station 
other denizens circling on bicycles
I’m completely lost
heading for the 
Econolodge 
2AM

Marc Olmsted has appeared in City Lights Journal, New Directions in Prose & Poetry, New York Quarterly, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry and a variety of small presses.  He is the author of six collections of poetry, including What Use Am I a Hungry Ghost?, which has an introduction by Allen Ginsberg.   Olmsted's 25 year relationship with Ginsberg is chronicled in his  Beatdom Books memoir Don't Hesitate: Knowing Allen Ginsberg 1972-1997 - Letters and Recollections, available on Amazon.