A Drug Story Fat Freddy tells me he is out of the game. Fentanyl, he says, fucked everything up. But you can still get high, still get by, just test your shit before the party begins. Small time motherfuckers don’t care and those motherfuckers are the ones that die. Hustling down to a different partContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Jack Henry & Dillinger”
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VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Giulio Magrini
FOR AUNT GLORIA AND THE UNFAMOUS Her life not measured in canvas masterpiece Celebrity media intimates Politico assurances before a poll The flags were not raised Or lowered to regard her There was no need for urgency To respond to 911 for help On Locust Street She was the wobbling walk Of drunken red hairContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Giulio Magrini”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Michael Lacy
Laid back in a downward slope like a crop circle I never lay around bored with a rope I’m a warped piece of patterned grass pressed out of grains of hope I’m an open book but a hard read you open me up but take my sanity. The energy I clutch you look at meContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Michael Lacy”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: James Maj
cleansing of the temple
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Steven Dee Kish
Bad Friends I flip open my zippo lighter…flick …flick… The orange flame lights my Kent cigarette; the smell of tobacco fills the air. I grab a church key and open a bottle of beer. I’m drowning my sorrows with booze; it soothes my parched throat. Half buzzed; I take a stroll to MY community center.Continue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Steven Dee Kish”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: George Schaefer
WHO’S ON TOP? Flip a coin to determine who’s on top Endlessly we bicker it never stops Lazy man I am indeed You mount your faithful stead We both enjoy inhibitions we drop MY FINGERS MANIPULATE I carefully caress long golden thigh My fingers manipulate a deep sigh Ever so gently she moans Her pleasureContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: George Schaefer”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Beau Blue
A Public Apology Well, it finally happened .. I went too far .. and now I have to apologize .. I should never have uttered the slur that all my Repuglican friends are so upset about .. and I am sorry .. please forgive me. When I uttered the slur: “Trump has the ethics ofContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Beau Blue”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Laszlo Aranyi
Circle (translated by Gabor Gyukics) The furry duck’s crawling on his plate is withered-blue, satiated, and later had intercourse with his own daughter. A villain with a sublime face hangs on the doorknob, Jesus is taken away by a hoofed cop. On a leash, in handcuffs. Sticky cumContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Laszlo Aranyi”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Cord Moreski
True Believer for Alicia Purpura It’s quite an honor catching you in the act ducking out of another crowded party in the wee hours of the morning road soda in one hand handlebar in the other riding gracefully down the sidewalk singing, “East Coast! Fuck You!”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Tiberuis Galloway
A Lost Thought Feel like I’m splittin’ realities Maybe I’m losin’ my faculties All these thoughts insidah me At first it excited me Then it frightened me Lungs tighten insidah me Is the knowledge a parta me? Or is it invading me? The truth is all I can see But all I want is toContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Tiberuis Galloway”
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