Get back

by Peter F. Crowley / September 22nd, 2019

you’re in
but confined to cypress shrub
where you’re lucky to stay

the fray is for Nancy Pelosi
and tiki torches that alight cloth,
blazing the night, obliterating rabid animals.

before, mimes had spoken in tongues
appreciation was a Disney landscape
eyes sliced dark skin with glass,
tattering organs, aiming high

now there’s no holding back:
Muscles hollow out,
windows collapse and hotels are infested –

Boxing feet have found delicious punching bags

As a prolific author from the Boston area, Peter F. Crowley writes in various forms, including short fiction, op-eds, poetry and academic essays. In 2020, his poetry book Those Who Hold Up the Earth was published by Kelsay Books and received impressive reviews by Kirkus Review, the New Age and two local Boston-area newspapers. His writing can be found in Middle East Monitor, Znet, 34th Parallel, Pif Magazine, Galway Review, Digging the Fat, Adelaide’s Short Story and Poetry Award anthologies (finalist in both) and The Opiate. His books That Night and Other Stories (CAAB Publishing) and Empire’s End (Alien Buddha Press) were released during the week of Friday the 13th in October 2023. Read other articles by Peter F..

This article was posted on Sunday, September 22nd, 2019 at 8:03am and is filed under Poetry.