1 Poem by R. S. Deese

Road Runner

Heaven or the promised land
Eternity or soon
Once I spy the vanishing point
I'm out of this cartoon
Beep beep

Bionote

R.S. Deese grew up in Claremont, California. After earning his bachelor’s degree in history from UC Berkeley, he traveled to East Asia, where he taught English Composition at Nanjing University in China. He first came to Boston University to study poetry and then returned to earn his PhD in history in 2007. He currently teaches 20th Century World History in BU's College of General Studies. His work has also been published in Agni, The Berkeley Poetry Review, Endeavour, MungBeing, New Times Los Angeles, and The Quarterly.