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Matt Smythe
Apr 16, 2021
WORK TRAVEL
I imagine our pilot climbing from the clouds and spotting the plane ahead of us, saying I can catch that fucker. Think of the...
Matt Smythe
Sep 3, 2020
GOD BLESS BLUEGRASS
thank fucking god for that guitar making the most of his chance in hell whiskey with two ice cubes amphetamine fiddle and impossible...
Matt Smythe
Jul 23, 2020
CORPUS CHRISTI
I wake to the wilderness in her eyes and a futile wish for cool air from the ceiling fan. Morning coffee and a cigarette on the porch....
Matt Smythe
Jul 15, 2020
'67 BRONCO
how many heartbreaks spilled across the front bench seat how many awkward sweating attempts at love Saturday night whiskey breath dirt...
Matt Smythe
Jul 10, 2020
FOR DECADES I'VE HIDDEN
For decades I’ve hidden in the freedom of woods and water. Childhood nature now grown. Immersed, enjambed one hushed exhale into the next...
Matt Smythe
Dec 31, 2017
WIDE OPEN AGAIN
We’re just about ready to put a fantastic – and challenging – 2017 in the rear view. It’s been a year of change for me, my family, and...
Matt Smythe
Nov 17, 2017
FIVE WEIGHT
Not here. You fuckers cannot follow me here. His dad looked over his shoulder from the tailgate at Charlie, standing in the tall grass...
Matt Smythe
Nov 9, 2017
FIRST LIGHT
At first light I returned to where we had last seen blood. A sparkling sheen of frost on the fields, thin ice on standing water, and my...
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