On the Anniversary of a Hanging | By Richard Henkle

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T.W. The following poem contains themes related to suicide

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We all told him not to do it, but he didn't listen.

You can't call it a lynching.

Even if it seemed haphazard,

And he just used what he could find in his garage.

Even if one man was the judge, jury, and executioner.

And the corpse.

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Richard Henkle is a literature and composition teacher in Northern Virginia, where he lives with his wife and two children. He enjoys soccer, playing board games, cooking, and a good Hendrick's martini. His work appears or is forthcoming in Alternative Field, The Daily Drunk, Inkblot, Necro, and Raised Brow Press. You can find a sampling of his random thoughts on Twitter, @rsthehenkle.