COVID Rot
Will Neuenfeldt
Two days
in sweatpants,
the scent of sweat
cakes on my crotch,
baking through boxers
I feel its frosting
spread in darker
shades of grey.
Working from the waist up,
Co-workers are unaware
though I suspect they see
smoke billowing from below.
Tonight, I’m relieved
to blow out the candles
under a hot shower
in my birthday suit.
Will Neuenfeldt studied English at Gustavus Adolphus College and his poems will be published in Freeze Ray, Gyroscope, and Red Flag Poetry. He lives in Cottage Grove, MN home of Steven Stifler and a house Teddy Roosevelt slept in.