Cyclops Eye. by Melanie Browne

While I

sip a margarita

from a plastic cup

with a palm-tree lid,

my son pulls me

into a tourist shop

and finds a

freaky creation,

Homer Simpson's

head on a Godzilla

body with the

entire thing

painted black

we ask how much

and she tells me

sixty dollars

but then he decides

he doesn't

want it

We escape

as fast as

we can,

hearing

her frantic

negotiations

behind us,

the Cozumel

sun blinding

my cyclops eye

Melanie Browne is a poet and fiction writer living in Texas. She has been published in various journals and 

online literary magazines such as Pulp Metal Magazine. She has also been included in several anthologies, 

including Zombies Galore and Everyday poets 2.