1.
In seventh grade
they showed us a movie,
black and white with no words.
A poor old lady in Paris
cherishes a bean plant
that she keeps on a windowsill ...
Jeffrey Thompson was raised in Fargo, North Dakota, and educated at the University of Iowa, where he studied English and philosophy, and Cornell Law School. He lives in Phoenix, Arizona, where he practices public interest law. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in journals including North Dakota Quarterly, The Main Street Rag, Passengers Journal, Tipton Poetry Journal, The Tusculum Review, FERAL, Unbroken, On the Seawall, Willows Wept, and Burningword Literary Journal. His hobbies include reading, hiking, and photography, and doom-scrolling on Twitter where he can be found @JThom7248.