The cigarette burns
and grinning seams
of your leather coat
are wounds
in weather-beaten walls
from which you shoot
passers-by.
A good bowman
could mark those slits
and the soft-shadowed chambers
within.
Erik Peters is a teacher and avid mediaevalist from Canada. Erik's work with marginalised students has profoundly influenced his writing which has been published in numerous magazines including Coffin Bell, Superlative Lit, Prospectus, The Louisville Review, and The Dead Mule School. Read all Erik's publications at www.erikpeters.ca or @erikpeterswrites