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Nope
rejection
heart---pen
ink-----blood
paper cuts
scissor's scathing rends
rocking emotions
to the bone
where ink coagulates
into dried blood
from a pen
attached to a heart
attached to a
rejection.
Tag or Somethin'
hooker's distant
goodbye, down the street
man
find your way home
babe,
not in my back seat
engine's running, your skirt's burning my
rubber sidewalks
i'm leaving on a jet plane
or Cadillac, pimp
in the back, slapping
my friend silly, she's not laughing
side of her face bursting, i'm driving
myself mad
man
find your way home
babe,
not in my
well, guess another turn another trick
what's the treat
me right jack
or you dead john,
my pimp be slapping you
or
myself mad
man
find your way home
babe,
i'm not it.
Jacob Erin-Cilberto .... better known to his friends and co-workers as "Fog,"
teaches English at John A. Logan community college and Shawnee Community College.
He has been writing since 1970 and has published in several small journals and anthologies,
and received a pushcart prize nomination for 2006. Jacob also teaches poetry workshops for the
Heartland Writers Guild, and Southern Illinois Writer's Guild where he is able to share his
love for poetry with others. He is originally from Bronx, NY. He has published nine books of poetry.
Email: Jacob Erin-Cilberto
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