They got out.
Shame that Jerome
didn’t make it
to the comic book store
on Sinclair and Eighth.
He’d never been past Fifth.
And Antoine
wasn’t quite done
with those Pop Rocks
he’s still clutching.
I just hope the Boatman
accepts payment in lead.
They have enough
of that, at least.
Skanda Prasad grew up in Bangalore, India and moved to Atlanta for grad school, where he’s a part of the Poetry@Tech team. Skanda received the Thomas Lux Poetry Award in 2017. His poetry has appeared in Tint Journal, and in readings at the Decatur Book Festival. His research involves developing radars that can image highly maneuverable objects, such as birds, planes (or Superman, should he appear).