
PW Covington is a rancher and Veterans' mental health provider living in Lavaca County, Texas. He has been a part of the non academic, Beat, poetry scene in Texas for over 20 years. His latest book is an epistolary novel, based on his time living inside Texas state prison, titled "Dear Elsa".
Burroughs in the Back
(orginally published in Harbinger Asylum)
For a long, damned, time there
I could have sworn
That it was Billy Burroughs - hitchhiker
Riding, stoned in my backseat
A faint, rear view, reflection
Of decades old cologne
But,
I looked again
And it was just a grease stain
On my mirror
And, I remembered
I now drive a pickup truck
And haven't picked up a hitchhiker
In years....