what am I going to do with my life. by Victor Clevenger

reggie suggests i write a graphic novel

real smutty with black & white drawings     

he can’t read a single word though     

i can’t draw either     a horrible idea

he says the opening chapter should

be about that one month back in 2008

when he banged several different ladies

isn’t that something     he banged several

in one month during a stretch when i hadn’t gotten

a single piece of action in almost three

that sounds like a terrible opening

i tell him

     

you’re just jealous because i was riding

the lightning shotgun like shooting stars

with sunglow albinos pretending they were all

jennifer aniston while you sat at the kitchen table

exhaling desperation like it was marlboro smoke

from your lips

he says

& your wife was just as miserable as you

some days     he’s a real fucking prick

i ask myself

how can you argue with the truth though

When not traveling highways across America, Victor Clevenger spends his days in a Madhouse and his nights writing poetry.  Selected pieces of his work have appeared in print magazines and journals around the world, as well as at a variety of places online.  In 2017, Victor was nominated for the Best of the Net Anthology, as well as a Pushcart Prize.  His most recent published collections of poetry include a split book with Tom Farris titled Ginger Roots Are Best Taken Orally (EMP, 2018) and A Finger in the Hornets’ Nest (Red Flag Press, 2018).