Proofreading

I know

       I know

   if I can understand you    I am an asshole

        but I want you to do well

             I want you to write in the sun
barefoot on brick with birds humming from their bones

               what is a comma
                        but a fucking shadow scythe

         who cares
                          if the number eight
                                           is spelled 8

                or synonymous with infinity?

                you know more than I do
                this I know of all of you

(originally published in Penmen Review, Summer 2022)

Lance Uppercutski Celebrates His Cubs’ World Series Win

ive never wanting any thing more
in my life just screaming into a wall
for 8 hours naked n my badroom
crying in bed from last nite’s win

bcuz 2day finally we are all
child-bears proud of our job
as “underdogs all year” (it’s
smelly “under dogs” LOL)

as the saying goes, “chicaGO
big lest u go where u grew up”
& theres truth to this now
even tho i always said

“u dont need 2 be 2 big
to leave” lol zack was 16
when he left no FOXsport in heaven
no baseball, dad, etc. never wanting

any thing more in my life just screaming
into a wall for 8 hours naked and alone
im craving arbys 4 roast beef all that meat
to sink into & make me feel less alive

(originally published in Jokes Review, Summer 2020)