Scott Simpson · Poetry

Good Side

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Good Side

You moved left, your

good side framed

by canyon window light.

We sat among cords

and cluttered shelves where

music waits to be recorded—

but for now,

we listen.

The world shifts

when we do, just a

little, toward the light.