Who's Good?
### Who's Good? You asked who's good, I think it's me I barked real loud right at that tree It smells like someone else, you see A someone who's not us or we! You asked who's good, it's hard to say Let's find out in the park some day You'll...
Please Stop Reading Now
please stop reading now by charles michael averin * * * Hello? … Is someone there? … Can you hear me? … It's dark in here. … I don't know where I am. I was at the _Saddle-Up_ and—I don't know. It's dark and my eyes aren't used to this....
Hunting Ground
### Hunting Ground I prowled the forest grounds alone, In search of meat and hearty bone, With mercy gone and out of sight, A thirst within to hunt and fight, I scored a bear of mighty pelt, A twelve-point buck of grace and svelte, A lynx who...
Why I Went Back
### Why I Went Back Ask why I went back Frown while prodding fresh bruises Doubt my drunk doorknob Judgement gavels land heavy Crushing not the abuser Count how many steps Call into question my...
Writer's Bloc
### Writer's Bloc Now write! Unwrite! Undo the line! Unfix the fix and realign! Punctuate—which punctuation? Where the fuck is its location? There's Em and En, but used in lieu, Are hyphens—and in pairs of two! Brackets broken, squarely...
The Lunatic
“I need it," she whispered. “Kill him." It didn't need to be the fox, Rafael knew—but the fox was ideal. With that vermilion coat, and with his ears and tail tipped like charcoal, he was already burning. Each time he slipped away from the bar, someone...
The Drowning Chapel
### The Drowning Chapel A lonely prairie chapel stands in north Saskatchewan's lost lands where rails had once been said to lie where towns were left to rot and die A touring wolf was keen to see A ghostly town drowned in...
Mother Bear
### Mother Bear A mother bear protects her cubs from danger's closing claws, And shows them how to find the grubs and foods they need to thrive, But when the forest grounds run dry, she's given little pause, As instinct drives her not to die, she...
The Epic of Boozy Barrister
### The Epic of Boozy Barrister Oh, Biting blogger bein' boozy, Fuzzy, fussy, picky, choosy, Couple bottles in, was woozy, Desp'rit to unearth a doozy! Records empty, feelin' bluesy, All the shit he saw was snoozy, "'Nother story 'bout some...
Survey
### Survey Are you a man, or are you not? (You cannot in between be caught) And are you gay, or are you straight? (Please hurry up, this cannot wait) Are you Christian, or a dancer? Tick "YES" or "NO" or "NO ANSWER" Are you pro-birth, or...
Bottle Bottle
### Bottle Bottle I met her first inside the bar. A taller glass of somethin' else the poshest bottle bottle there real cool, but with a kickin' bite and Hell, it went down pretty smooth a single sip was all it took a taste to make my muzzle...
An Ode to the Small-Town Gay
### Ode to the Small-Town Gay The small-town gay is seldom seen / They disappear once past eighteen / To western coasts and city scenes / No matter where, they find the means / The small-town gay's a thankless job / To bear the looks and hurts...