talented though it was,
knew that no amount of
“I think I can, I think I can”
would get it anywhere, so
it flirted with despair until
the boy said the Lincoln Log
cabin was on fire & the engine
had to be mobilized by fingers
still greasy from a grilled cheese
sandwich to save the day.
David Q. Hutcheson-Tipton is a Colorado poet whose work has recently been curated in Willows Wept Review, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, dadakuku.com, and, earlier this year, Poem Alone. He has an MFA from Regis University. He was runner up for the Lighthouse Writers Workshop Lit Fest Veteran’s award in 2021.