Renée Owen
Thick as a Brick
The hot air pulses, a living thing, stifling the shadows in my shuttered room. Downstairs, the sound of my parents yelling, a crash, then cursing. I flip the Jethro Tull album on my turntable, crank the volume, shout out words of the song. Anything to make the world go away.
shattered glass
the translucent wings
of a blue darner
About the Author
Renée Owen’s award-winning books include This One Life (forthcoming, Backbone Press), Alone On A Wild Coast (Snapshot Press), and Scent of the Past. . . Imperfect (Two Autumns Press).
This one jogged my memory. Eric Burdon and the Animals, We gotta Get Out of This Place. i think the music only made them crazier.