The Way Things Used to Be

by Martin Willitts Jr.

Underwear keeps dark secrets.
You can learn much from
a discarded pair.
When hope springs eternal,
underwear collapses.
There is a spring in the step.
Underwear reveals suggestions
of light.
-- What Underwear Does When No One is Looking

36 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Martin Willitts Jr. is a retired Senior Librarian in upstate New York. He has been nominated for five Pushcart awards and two Best Of The Net awards. His print chapbooks include Falling in and out of Love (Pudding House Publications, 2005), Lowering Nets of Light (Pudding House Publications, 2007), The Garden of French Horns (Pudding House Publications, 2008), Baskets of Tomorrow (Flutter Press, 2009), The Girl Who Sang Forth Horses (Pudding House Publications, 2010), Van Gogh's Sunflowers for Cezanne (Finishing Line Press, 2010), and SECRETS NO ONE MUST TALK ABOUT (Dos Madres Press, 2011). He has the online chapbooks Farewell—the journey now begins, News from the Front, and Words&Paper. His full-length books are The Secret Language of the Universe (March Street Press, 2006) and The Hummingbird (March Street Press, 2009), and THE UNCERTAIN LOVER (Dos Madres Press, 2018). ~ Amazon bio