First Night in Pittsburgh (Tanka)

Power lines whistle:

late shadows of birds. August

sun savagely eats

away at asphalt & fools.

When I die, fetch my body.

Connor Donovan (he/him) is a mathematics graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a winner of the Healthline Zine Ekphrasis Contest, and his work can be found in Ghost City Review, JAKE, and Stone of Madness, among others. Find him on Instagram @navonodronnoc.