write this
emmer effer
a pretend genius broadsuction
some days are better than none
Joseph Reich
The jumpy castle
Out here where I live
at the end of the world
on the end of this dead end
where people start wars over
barking dogs where men the
head of the association get
overthrown and thrown out
of office based on a collective
paranoia gossip and rumors
and whole family forced
to pick up and leave
ex/communicated
where best friend
husbands try to cheat
with each others wives
the most recent one
heard one of these
goombya women
(of course a teacher
who is getting none
from her husband
always away on business)
making claims that the father
with a drinking problem
rubbed up against her
while jumping up
and down in one
of those blow up
castles (swear
to god couldn’t
make this up)
and now turns
out wife finally
divorced him
after fooling
around with
loads of women
in his dad’s tire
delivery business
getting his tubes
tied and going
on a cruise
to try and save their
marriage
and the
teacher
ironically
who said
she never
wanted
children
ended up
having a litter.
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Joseph Reich: is a social worker who lives and works out in the state of Massachusetts...he has been published in a wide variety of eclectic literary journals both here and abroad, been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize, and his most recent books include, "A Different Sort Of Distance" (Skive Magazine Press) "If I Told You To Jump Off The Brooklyn Bridge" (Flutter Press) "Pain Diary: Working Methadone & The Life & Times Of The Man Sawed In Half" (Brick Road Poetry Press) "Obscure Aphorisms Written On A Fine Overcast Day" (Lummox Press) "Escaping Shangrila" (Punkin House Press) "Drugstore Sushi" (Thunderclap Press) "A Whole Childhood Put Together By Model Glue & Other Works" (Alternative Current Co-Op).
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