Thom Young

AMERICA

america has sunshine
I never wanted
it has oceans
and
women that aren't on its mountains
it has television sets
of sad lives
and sometimes they're on repeat
and repeat all over again.
it has birds that don't sing
my song
and if you're lost
maybe you’ll find
me too.


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Thom confesses: "I had this image of Mt. Rushmore and just ran with it."

THOM YOUNG is a writer from Texas. His work has been in PBS Newshour, the Wall Street Journal, the Oxford Review, and over a hundred literary journals. A 2008 Million Writers Award and 2016 Pushcart Prize nominee.