caring for his sick mother
has taken its toll
broccoli for breakfast
poetry instead of “playboy”
dead frogs under his pillow
last night he took a bath in cat piss
today he sharpened his teeth on the eaves
mary from the clinic says he's totally mad
and recommends a lobotomy
kate says we should sell him
as halftime entertainment
i told them they were both sick in the head
a diet of oysters and onions is all he needs
Michael Riley's poems have appeared or are set to appear in Going Down Swinging, Lilylit Review, Muse-Apprentice-Guild, Liquid Muse, Tryst, LiNQ, Stylus Poetry Journal, Ink Mag, Social Alternatives and elsewhere. He lives in Melbourne, Australia.
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