Perhaps
October 1, 2010Each new blow
shoved me closer
to the guillotine of silence
my dream shot
between my legs
our bed vanished.
Dawn reverted
to a stranglehold
perhaps
and when nothing
but a definite good-bye
remained, I squat
and pissed inside
your shoes.
Sergio A. Ortiz
Ortiz is a retired educator, poet, and photographer. He has a B.A. in English literature, and a M.A. in philosophy. Flutter Press released his debut chapbook, At the Tail End of Dusk, October 2009. Ronin Press released his second chapbook, topography of a desire, May 2010. Avantacular Press released his first photographic chapbook: The Sugarcane Harvest, May 2010. His third chapbook: Wet Stones and Bedbugs in My Mattress, will be released by Flutter Press, November 2010. He was recently published, or is forthcoming in: Carcinogenic Poetry, Perceptions Magazine of the Arts 2010, BorderSenses, Offcourse Literary Journal, Cavalier Literary Couture, and Touch: The Journal of Healing.
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