‘The Devon’ Published

Following is my most-recently published poem. It appeared in the literary magazine Waymark.

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The Devon

The cup dropped from

the machine and teetered

till the syrup and

the seltzer mixed

and the cowboys

came around the bend

again and again

rifles erect

Indians on the run

My chin on my knees

skinny arms lashed

eyes ever wide

two Saturday matinee features

broken only by coming attractions

that would have to be seen

the war movies the dramas

the beach blanket bingos

I emerged from the slanted foyer

to the blinding afternoon

unsure who I was

knowing only

I wouldn’t always have to return

to the kasha-scented Bronx building

I would live in California someday

in the wild fake sunlight

I would I would

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