refrigerator poetry magnets

The refrigerator stopped working last weekend. My food went bad. The appliance is new. Our landlord delivered the icebox just over a year ago, surely it is still under warranty.
This morning there is no milk for my coffee, I regret that Lenox ever replaced the old refrigerator. There was nothing wrong with it; only the [...]

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Cold War Boy Pussy

I remember the Cold War with Russia. I was in the Army in the late Eighties and Early Nineties. The frigid war with shady drafts was how I served my country. Now that Russia is back on the scene, I feel like an honorable U.S. Veteran. Perhaps now that Russia has invaded again and made [...]

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Charlie Apple Seed

Uncle Barry and my dad, Barry constructed a roofless tree house in an apple tree next to our brown shingled farm house. Living on an orchard was sweet. The tree platform was large enough to hold my brother Bill and me and our cousin, Brian at the same time. Dad put an old mattress on [...]

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Kirk Talbot and the Rattlesnake

The moment Kirk invited me to spend the night at his house, my life changed. Spending time pretending to want to marry Penny one day was a waste of everyone’s childhood years. I had to set Penny free and break up the gang.
I would have given away my wheat-cent collection for the opportunity to sleep [...]

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Kirk Talbot and the Rattlesnake

Kirk was out from school on Tuesday too. I was worried. Was he really sick? What could have happened to him to be out for two whole days? Parents in Three Springs never let their kids take off two days of school in a row, unless, early morning belly ache attacks are really serious illnesses. [...]

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Overcoming ADHD in a Dysfunctional School System

Snotty nosed Kirk Talbot sat in front of me in Mr. Holovakia’s alphabetized fourth and fifth grade classes at Spring Farm’s Elementary School. Kirk was in the fourth grade of the split-class with me. We refused to study while our classmates in the higher grade followed direction of the greasy-haired teacher. When Holovakia turned his [...]

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Winner of Short Story Contest Announced

Homelessness is a problem of the past. New York City’s recent mayors made it policy to keep the trains free of filthy street people. “Give to these charities instead” advertisements on trains advise commuters who would like to give, but cannot, because it is not only illegal to do so, but also because there are [...]

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Learning to Embrace Clairvoyance

Being suspended for an entire week without pay was a slap in the face. When one lives from hand to mouth during periods of high gas and food prices, it’s not easy to face a financial loss of nearly $1,000. My bubble broke when my boss’s boss, Susan Hog, handed me a pink slip last [...]

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Sinless Sunday Dinner

Ham bone, butt portion, sitting in a supermarket cooler
Tossed in a red plastic basket
A good hard spanking
Brown sugar, pineapple slices, a few ground cloves
Visions of salty meats
Dance in my head
Mashed potatoes
Whipped in butter and milk
Salt and pepper on everything
But the ham
Green beans snapped
Three sections each
Boiled in sea salted water
Hand kneaded bread
A heavenly loaf
Knuckles braided like [...]

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Coney Island Skinny Dipping

Brooklyn August breezes
Carry scents of Cony Island
Far inland, men, like jellyfish, catch slight whiffs of Atlantic currents.
And drift away
Under the silver glow of a half moon
Minds slowly escape to the blackness of space
Gliding above treetops and buildings,
Rolling across the endless heavens
As shinny rims on sports cars
A lunar goddess takes center stage
Heat has subsided, coolness melts [...]

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