A Brief Relief | Spenser Smith | Substack

Two poems: Dear Sam and Dear Dave If I smoked enough Belmonts, I’d smell you

Poem: Fruit fly trap I escape the swat of your hand, my body nearly another smear on the wall

Feb 13

Poem: Dear Alan I said it was a nice tattoo even though it was a stupid tattoo

Feb 5

Drug policy doesn't reflect the history and nature of drug use

Jan 30

Poem: Small deaths Death is an ant under your shoe, the unwatered spider plant, a grain of fentanyl thinner than a needle of Douglas fir

Jan 23

My debut book of poetry is forthcoming, hence the new name and direction

Jan 22

A Brief Relief

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