6 October 2005 | Vol. 5, No. 3
poverty
give me my 12 cuckoos worth
of haunted fleurons, nostalgia
to fix my haywire antennae
and be heard
from behind a curtain of needles
where I bask in the toxic—
volatile, with amnesia
volatile, without
About the author:
Peter Schwartz has 80 poems published or pending. Some of his more recent publishings are with: Barbaric Yawp, Lullaby Hearse, Porcupine, and The Silt Reader. He has work pending with such journals as The Prague Review, Muse Apprentice Guild, HazMat, and Art Mag. His own poetry journal, focusing primarily on the poetry of publishers themselves, can be seen online at watchtheeye.com.
For further reading:
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