Truman Burgess

TRUMAN BURGESS {[email protected]} grew up in the Shenandoah Valley and the Pacific Northwest, and he earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Brigham Young University-Idaho. Truman’s prose and poetry have appeared in the literary journals The Whisky Blot, Kula Manu, and Outlet. His award-winning journalism has been published through the news agencies St. George News and Scroll. Truman currently lives in southern Utah with his wife and four children.

Ezekiel in Walmart

Articles/Essays – Volume 58, No. 1

Bread aisle for tortillas          an infant’s hand around my finger                    sold-out souls                              sharing beans and lentils                                        in Babylon, but I’ve been warned, I think.          Sand spitting in the wind                    sun-faded advertisements for                              lip balm modeled…

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