You can’t help feeling the feeling that the sky is a clean sheet of wrapping paper

The universe beyond having been carefully attended to

Picked up from layaway, tied up with a bow, and placed in front of you

Open it

John McDonough is a New England transplant living in Dickinson, North Dakota. He received his MFA from the University of New Hampshire and currently works at Dickinson State University. His work has appeared in Arcturus and is forth coming in the Spank the Carp, El Portal, Cordite, and Hobart.