Mastodon Dentist – Issue 13
Charity
Snowflakes drifting past my window,
distant sound of Latin music,
a muffled shout from Central Park,
a mutilated body is discovered.
My neighbor sits downstairs with beer can
getting high on Friday night.
The doorbell rings,
I leap to answer...
wrong bell.
The radiator clanks
inharmonious and gurgling,
I stop dreaming,
scream...scream again....
Doors open, people cry what happened.
I open the door and tell them.
They mutter crazy, nuts, off his rocker.
The doors close.
I run from floor to floor
knocking, pleading.
One door opens.
A hand extends a can of beer.
I go upstairs with beer can
and get high on Friday night.
Snowflakes drifting past my window,
distant sound of Latin music,
a muffled shout from Central Park,
a mutilated body is discovered.
My neighbor sits downstairs with beer can
getting high on Friday night.
The doorbell rings,
I leap to answer...
wrong bell.
The radiator clanks
inharmonious and gurgling,
I stop dreaming,
scream...scream again....
Doors open, people cry what happened.
I open the door and tell them.
They mutter crazy, nuts, off his rocker.
The doors close.
I run from floor to floor
knocking, pleading.
One door opens.
A hand extends a can of beer.
I go upstairs with beer can
and get high on Friday night.
Gary Beck
Bio:
Gary Beck’s poetry has appeared in dozens of literary
magazines. His chapbook 'The Conquest of Somalia' will
be published by Cervena Barva Press. His recent
fiction has been published in numerous literary
magazines. His plays and translations of Moliere,
Aristophanes, and Sophocles have been produced
Off-Broadway.
Gary Beck’s poetry has appeared in dozens of literary
magazines. His chapbook 'The Conquest of Somalia' will
be published by Cervena Barva Press. His recent
fiction has been published in numerous literary
magazines. His plays and translations of Moliere,
Aristophanes, and Sophocles have been produced
Off-Broadway.
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