INSIDE, OUT
Swaying to the beat of a Kaiser march,
I hunt for all the old, familiar things
that never made it through the open door:
the bike in the yard,
the chair in the street,
the drug dealer propped
on his throne of crates,
his kingdom come
with a knife in the neck
what the heck
I was better off on the farm
when I swallowed the worms
and squeezed the guts out of a toad.
Reload the chickens in the truck.
Follow the path of pigs to market.
Ten cents on the dollar
the caller hollered
there is the bankrupt life,
the solvent life,
and the abundant life.
Pick one.
Or the other.
Try it again.
I feel a pulse.
Numerous short stories and poems written by Jack Donahue have been published in journals such as: Newtown Literary Review; Prole (U.K.); Poetry Salzburg Review (Austria); The Main Street Rag; China Grove; Folio; The Almagre Review and others throughout North America and Europe. His first book of poems, “Just Below the Surface” is set for a fall 2018 launch. A children’s picture book, “Come Play With Me By The Sea” will be published later this year. Mr. Donahue received his M.Div. degree from New Brunswick, Theological Seminary, NJ in 2008. He is married and resides on the North Fork of Long Island, New York.
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