When I reinvented cryptography you scorned my mastery of acute and oblique symbols. When I discovered that supposedly inert gases panted like dogs you disdained my litter of lab reports. When I chaired the Bank of America you closed your account. When I posed for a statue of Richard Nixon you laughed so loudly the … Continue reading
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Like a Clyfford Still Painting–William Doreski
Tattered like a Clyfford Still painting, my birthday unfolds on a snowdrift and settles there. I could use a glass of wine the color of starlight, but the murmur of competing voices keeps me sober. Maybe later in front of the TV I’ll cough up the stone in my throat. Maybe when I’m old and … Continue reading
Lynn Shore — William Doreski
This clapboard tenement complete with druggie roommates, broken locks, and a view of a sewage beach is the worst of your many rentals. Visiting frightens me. Tattoos wink in shadows. Nose and lip rings clatter as the young people fondle whatever bodies they can reach. The reek of poisoned rats in the walls sours my … Continue reading
Coe Review 