Courage. by J.J. Campbell

two inches

of rain in

less than

24 hours

your best

friend is

praying

to die

and your

mother

is not far

behind

courage

is the last

thing you’ll

ever find

in this

room

one drug

for the

arthritis

another

for your

heart

yet another

for your

diabetes

they all

go down

better

with

alcohol

J.J. Campbell (1976 - ?) was raised by wolves and is currently trapped in suburbia. He's been widely published over the years, most recently at Record Magazine, Misfit Magazine, The Beatnik Cowboy, Mad Swirl and Synchronized Chaos. His latest chapbook, the taste of blood on christmas morning, was published by Analog Submission Press in July 2018. You can find him most days on his mildly entertaining blog, evil delights. (http://evildelights.blogspot.com)

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