Steve Barichko
mr. rogers 9/11 public service announcement outtakes
i don't think this is going to work. he plays tree tree tree on piano. the four chords
overmatched. tells the production assistant that the postmaster general he met in 1989
was a hero. purple heart saved his squad from an ambush in korea. then held
that same sense of duty and pride like a candlelight. printed free pamphlets at every post office
so children could start collecting stamps. we take pride in our work because it is ours.
love is at the root of everything but people often don't know
what they will eventually come up against. i regret the wishfulness. the clocktower
in the neighborhood of makebelieve had numbers but no hands.
Bio
Steve Barichko is from Connecticut. His work has most recently appeared in Bear Paw literary journal. His first full-length poetry collection, "Apocrypha," is due out early next year. Find him on Insta @stevebarichko and Substack @self serve pie house.