County Line Press is proud to announce our upcoming publication of a chapbook by Anne Marie Rooney, illustrated by Julia Stein. Here is a sneak peek at one of the poems from the chapbook:
Monterey, with cigarettes
by Anne Marie Rooney
It was the hour of twilight and the stars were beginning
to open their mouths. I lay on the ocean floor looking up
up at the squinting jellyfish. Above me a man in a long black
coat floated with the green twine of Pacific detritus.
I knew that he had no name. His hair was made of angels
and his teeth shone like soap. He lit me a cigarette,
saying nothing. Smoke or bubbles passed between us.