June Stepansky is a published poet and writer whose work has appeared in the literary magazines 'Poems that need to be explained Vol No 21' and 'Childhood- Vol No 22 and in the poetry collection 'Lyrical Voices.
Sixteen is a good age,
if you’re dating someone handsome
with a nice car.
Someone who takes you
...
I was always finding money
when I was young:
in telephone booths,
in gumball machines,
...
I know more about plumbing
than I ever wanted to know.
I know the insidious sound
of dripping faucets, gurgling drains,
...
Power is not an end in itself.
Power, history warns us,
tends to corrupt.
If power can be the means
...