Picaroon Poetry - Issue #17 - July 2019
Featuring poetry by Sharon Phillips, Peter Burrows, Kitty Coles, alyssa hanna, Crystal Anderson, John L. Stanizzi, Chris Hemingway, Sue Kindon, Kathleen Strafford, Jenna Velez, Maureen Daniels, Samuel Guest, Charlie Hill, John Son, Beth Bayley, Visar, Bethany W Pope, Luke Kuzmish, Gerard Sarnat, Chris Hardy, Erik Fuhrer, Christopher Hopkins, John Raffetto, Andrew Shields, Bo Meson, Brian Comber, Martin Zarrop, Kristin Garth, Maiya Dambawinna, David Bankson, Jeffrey Zable, Rickey Rivers Jr, Anthony Watts, Donna Dallas, Chuka Susan Chesney, and Tobi Alfier. Picaroon is, as always, lovingly edited by Kate Garrett.
Featuring poetry by Sharon Phillips, Peter Burrows, Kitty Coles, alyssa hanna, Crystal Anderson, John L. Stanizzi, Chris Hemingway, Sue Kindon, Kathleen Strafford, Jenna Velez, Maureen Daniels, Samuel Guest, Charlie Hill, John Son, Beth Bayley, Visar, Bethany W Pope, Luke Kuzmish, Gerard Sarnat, Chris Hardy, Erik Fuhrer, Christopher Hopkins, John Raffetto, Andrew Shields, Bo Meson, Brian Comber, Martin Zarrop, Kristin Garth, Maiya Dambawinna, David Bankson, Jeffrey Zable, Rickey Rivers Jr, Anthony Watts, Donna Dallas, Chuka Susan Chesney, and Tobi Alfier.
Picaroon is, as always, lovingly edited by Kate Garrett.
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Donna Dallas<br />
The Intermediate<br />
Help me, help me.<br />
I can’t get out.<br />
I’m constantly torn<br />
between here and there,<br />
blonde or brunette, walk<br />
or ride.<br />
I look at the old photos<br />
of the old me, the ugly me.<br />
I look in the mirror and want<br />
to be a new me, not an older me.<br />
Maybe I will go on a diet.<br />
I’m saving my money,<br />
I’m saving my money!!<br />
I’m in the middle of haircuts<br />
and jobs.<br />
I refuse to go backwards.<br />
Tomorrow is already sitting<br />
on my lap like a stack<br />
of unopened mail and<br />
I’m not even finished with<br />
my To Do list.<br />
Who am I, who am I?<br />
I’m in limbo hanging<br />
like a coconut.<br />
Crack me open and at least<br />
pour me over ice.<br />
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