AN IDIOT HERO




upside the head twice whack me till I understand I'm a slow learner
deer running the road dodge cars in my neighborhood this is not the
wild bless you for a full split second lost all consciousness morning
rose perfect and my eyes opened perfect and coffee brewed perfect
thinking the same thing but still hope springs eternal in the human
beast a slippery slope truth is what you make of it up to the lie point
he said “you can't fall off a mountain” but what did he know? God does
so play dice with the universe gravity bends light relative to observer
but who is really bent? "imaginary frogs in real ponds" take it from me
all other definitions are simply bogus any old woman who is a hardcore
baseball fan can't be all bad is today is the day a promise or just a way
of getting through it? waiting for a call eager to finally know either yes
or no ding ding ding chaos is master all order breaks down at last joy
it while you can damned if you do and damned if you don't is a hell of
a way to start I had my finger on the trigger but missed the moment
gotta work to live but if you're really lucky get to live to work it must
be apocryphal but it's still a good story whether true or not once you
trap a mouse in a mousetrap throw it out trap and dead and all then
each word a tear each line beats like a breaking heart to exceed all
available space you try as you might but you can't always be right
night turn off the light my dog is more brave than brilliant in fact
he's an idiot hero I told you I have a lot to learn in fact you had it
right all along yes but I just did not did not want to see it coming

satnrose is a well-known antiquarian bookdealer.

He had been published in a number of magazines in the past,
but since his reincarnation as 'satnrose'
He has been published in EVERGREEN REVIEW and ICONOCLAST,
and is forthcoming in DANSE MACABRE,SHOOTS & VINES, OYSTERS & CHOCOLATE, BRING THE INK, ESKIMO PIE, STRAY BRANCH, APPARATUS MAGAZINE, etc.....