Oil Field

Artwork by Michael O 
(featured on www.hashthemag.tumblr.com)

Clay-eyed and metal-skinned executioners

breaking the body of the earth,

machinery rattling through the night,

workers aged by the wars of profit.

One man stands alone,

dreaming of an ending.

It’s happening, 

all around.

-Janelle Rainer

Janelle Rainer is a 24-year-old poet and community college teacher living in Colville, Washington. Her work has appeared in Harpur Palate, Steam Ticket, Script, Sugar Mule, and elsewhere. She earned an MFA in Poetry from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon.​

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