Beware the weekend dads dressed
in Saturday faux cool with weaved fedoras
and ironic t-shirts keeping their snowflake
kids from melting down as they breeze through
old city neighborhoods on their day off
a roaming buddy parent without
discipline leaving behind them a
rolling storm of rumbling gentrification
with cherubs tore up shelves and
parents raising real estate taxes
leaving long established businesses
boarding up in their wake
Dominic Loise is open about and advocates for mental health awareness, as seen with his essay writing for F(r)iction. Dominic’s poetry has appeared in multiple journals, and he was a finalist in Short Editions’ “America: Color it in” contest. Find him on Twitter and Instagram.
