2023, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, the no-scape, Working Class Literature

sing

voices
in grease
in oil
there are

echoes
filling
sawdust balloons

rubbed into
skin
shifting
what prints

fingers
leave
behind
voiced

a choir
of silence
of roar

sing

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2023, Days, Lent, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry

Day 56, 2023 ( no. 2)

Lent is a good season to crucify the soul:
best served fileted and fried in corn batter
a couple hush hush puppies and some slaw

don’t underestimate the cake wheel’s hypnotic charms

be sure to genuflect properly during the calisthenics and callbacks

when the blood calls you, sing, you crispy bastard, sing

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ad / notare, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry

ad / notare6


respite dreams spite the day
sing songs m’boy those lyrics
they change but the tune
is always dammit always same sad
same

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