At first the
needle lace
netted bezel
setting in which
his mother’s
copy of the
Constitution
was kept of-

fended him,
but now he’s
looking for some-
thing similar
to decorate his
gun rack with.

…

Mark Young’s most recent book is Songs to Come for the Salamander, Poems 2013-2021, selected & introduced by Thomas Fink, co-published by Meritage Press & Sandy Press.