desperate times – Dumpster Fire Press

VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Michael Lacy

She’s sick andI feel like I’m morphineI’m her drugNow we’re steadyA constant erodingI’m in a state of conflictShe stuckSomebody come and get her off of this proverbial stick She’s sickShe can’t stopBut I swear to GodEvery time I look she’s taking another hitShe’s sick Babe, please, let’s stopShe’s just counting the seconds on the clockBabyContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Michael Lacy”

VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Danny D. Ford

“by yourself, never left alone”

VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Tim Heerdink

Wolf in Temptation This morn, I walked dressedin cloth I’m not accustomedwhen population marks zerowithin my radius of reach. Hunger transports meout from my dark denso these urges canbe extinguishedbefore flamestake me. I see your beauty& I wish you couldfeel how hard it isto be me underneaththese clothes. Strip meof this false nature,ride meuntil IContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Tim Heerdink”

VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Paul Tanner

meat like him lonely? oh aye – he’s got: no job. no friends. no girl. the benefits office boots him out after he’s signed the forms. the jobcentre tells him to get back out there. his local boozer is full of couples and families, and any singles in there are usually too young and/or outContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Paul Tanner”

VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Paul Tanner

organ to organ don’t laugh at their joke? the customer gets mad. don’t ask follow-up questions to their life story? the customer gets mad. serve everyone in the queue who is before them before them? the customer gets mad. the customer is never not mad. one wonders if being right all the time is worthContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Paul Tanner”