Jennifer Courtney (jl courtney) is the aging mother of three children, two dachshunds, and a cat named Schrödinger. In her spare time, she uses rejection letters to decoupage distressed furniture.
haunt
ghosts loom in the wee hours
shadows joust
crumpled paper, ruffled by the heater’s click
strokes bare toes
I bolt—drive, driven—run from nothing
nothing grins back from the rear-view mirror
Artwork, “Phantasm” by Betsy Jennifer