come home from biology and phys ed =
little math, seminal fluid, urethra jokes
and confiscating hockey sticks and a 4-iron.
these types of days need a drink, neat,
except that these days are so often
they’d be another name for alcoholism.
so instead there’s books of poetry, one
is a posthumous collection and another
is a follow-up to critical acclaim – other than
how can acclaim be critical, the word
“fuck” is in both, and it’s interesting
because one is poetic and one profane.
you can tell the young kid just laps up the word,
supposes it’s edgy and rough and candid because
edgy canned poets use rough language with acclaim.
my girlfriend won’t stop texting me about this
open mic night at some Presbyterian church –
I tell her I love her. I think I do.
“A Typical” was printed in Harvest Time, No. 5 of Inwood Indiana. Pick up the paperback from Prolific Press; the stories and poems published online are free to read here.
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