a thank you to those that read my poems
Michael (Fanniesson)
thank them for picking up my trash,
wish them a good day,
they look at me as if I’m nuts half the time
standing there outside in a bathrobe,
...
I knew it was over between Cheryl,
my black girlfriend and me
when I found myself one Sunday afternoon
in some store front
...
On Fridays the Rabbi came
cut the chicken’s necks while
saying a prayer, then hung them
on hooks as exsanguination
...
You wake up and she’s there,
and
it could be a lot worst I admit.
...
Like a kid standing in line for ice cream
‘she wants to be first’,
explaining.
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