WELL DONE! LEFTOVERS by Arvilla Fee

LEFTOVERS by Arvilla Fee

VW van, decked out

in peace and love,

circa 1968,

rusted in places,

eaten through

like moth-riddled clothes,

outfitted

with new retro hippies:

unwashed dreadlock hair,

unapologetic polyester,

headbands and a faint,

sickening-sweet scent

that wafts across the campground

beneath a star-spattered sky;

we fall asleep to the strum

of acoustic guitars

and smoke-gutted voices

rasping Hey Jude.

Arvilla Fee teaches English Composition for Clark State College and is the poetry editor for the San Antonio Review. She has published poetry, photography, and short stories in numerous presses, and her poetry books, The Human Side and This is Life, are available on Amazon. For Arvilla, writing produces the greatest joy when it connects us to each other.