May — 2018 — The Monarch Review
Two Poems – Graham Isaac
Thursday, May 10, 2018 14:22 — 0 Comments
We Know the Results The Super Bowl is Over and with it, speculation as pros and amateurs alike call in to collect their bets. The Super Bowl is Over and you’re all a little drunk and mentioning your friends in Philly and considering more cocaine or maybe fighting the bartender. The Super Bowl is Over I need to leave this shouting neighborhood. The Super Bowl is Over bartenders prepare for another downturn and hope to live off these profits at least until Saint Patrick’s day. The Super Bowl is Over and it is time to sort my w2s. The Super […]
What am I?
Bioluminescent eye
That sees by the shine
Of its own light. Lies
Blind me. I am the seventh human sense
And my stepchild,
Consequence;
Scientists can't find me.
Januswise I make us men;
Glamour
Was my image then—
Remind me:
The awful fall up off all fours
From the forest
To the hours…
Tick, Tock: Divine me.
-- Richard Kenney