As a child
having the merry-go-round pushed to maximum speed
was desired.
Dizziness and Nausea and perhaps Abrasions and Contusions
Were expected, Â acceptable.
Perhaps even desirable, consequences.
Strike that.
Results.
As a child
having the merry-go-round pushed to maximum speed
was desired.
Dizziness and Nausea and perhaps Abrasions and Contusions
Were expected, Â acceptable.
Perhaps even desirable, consequences.
Strike that.
Results.
Canaries, yes, I ,
my brothers, too, can barely
breathe, but have to sing.
​Seeing a dead possum on 2nd Avenue makes me think that my efforts to create a racist robot is a pointless exercise. Perhaps I’ll instead convert it into a guitar amplifier. The robot, that is. Not the dead opossum.
Poetry, Fiction and Art
The literary magazine of the Creative Writing Program at Roosevelt University