GABRIEL BATES

DECEMBER 6, 2022

just another poem




it's a rainy evening

here in the middle

of nowhere.


a few crows call out

from the wet branches

of a dying tree,

and the world

keeps turning

and turning.


sometimes

there's not much else

to talk about.




Gabriel Bates is a poet living in Tiffin, Ohio. His work has appeared in several publications, online and in print. Keep up with him at gabrieljbates.blogspot.com