Congratulations to Bindweed contributor, R. Gerry Fabian, on the publication of his poetry book, Ball on the Mound.
R. Gerry has contributed poetry to Bindweed and has been published in Issue 10 and Issue 8, the Devil’s Guts Bindweed Anthology.
We wish you all the best with your latest book, R. Gerry!
Farewell Children
As the faces disappear
the eternal memories begin:
Of crabgrass children
who flower in summer’s heat
and are blown toward tomorrow
by the west wind.
Of spider web girls
who balance threads
waiting for love to stick
or snap.
Of granite gruffs
who go as they came
and are never missed.
Of blacktop boys
whose headlight eyes and piston hands
never found the exact timing.
Of insecure jesters
who knew all the words
to obscene songs but
never the meaning.
and
Of the two or three unicorns
thought to be extinct
who reveal their rare magic
to a select few;
share a special mystery
and like all the others
are too soon – gone.
The Crazy Man
never ever begs.
He speaks religious tracts
in mystical tongues
that once
would have made him
a soothsayer.
The nether zone
tempts him often
but he is so far gone
that those
who glare and scold
secretly
desire his immediate
moment.
R. Gerry Fabian is a retired English instructor. He has been publishing poetry since 1972 in various poetry magazines. His web page is https://rgerryfabian.wordpress.com He is the editor of Raw Dog Press https://rawdogpress.wordpress.com His novels, Memphis Masquerade , Getting Lucky (The Story) and published poetry book, Parallels are available at Smashwords and all other ebook stores. Seventh Sense, his third novel has been published by Smashwords. He is currently working on his second book of published poems.
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