Kansas Without Punctuation
	
	Hardwood floors and blonde hair
	Her voice reminding me of her enemy
	That vintage table that bright kitchen that
	Soft grass and Black Sabbath vinyl
	That dress and those jokes
	That softness and dim light causing
	The western European in me to think
	I could just stay here forever
	And It had to be this way
	It had to be perfect
	Because how else would my heart go sour with
	Directionless pining

Brett Staggs began writing poetry as a freshman at Slippery Rock University in western Pennsylvania while sitting in Art History class. Since then, he has pursued creative writing with poetry as well as with songwriting. Brett now lives in Austin, TX with his wife Amy where he writes songs for film, works on poetry, pursues film acting, and plays drums for the band Slowtrain. Brett's poetry has been published in several issues of the Grove City College literary magazine "Echo" as well as The Refined Savage and The Verse Marauder.