I Decide to Tell Ghost Cowboy My Intentions

I’m writing 
a love poem 
even with 
an American 
boot to 
my throat. 

I lick the croony 
sole and picture 
you in a fresh white 
wife pleaser. 

You got 
two fingers 
dripping money 
down my mouth. 

Our razor 
can do 
so much. 

Copyright © 2025 by C. Russell Price. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on June 24, 2025, by the Academy of American Poets.