on the angel
of death watching
over the landscape
for the assigned prey.
A worry line creasing
the forehead wishing
she was more Nurse
Cratchit than Mother
Teresa as these kills
fuck with her halo
of conscience
like a gust of hot
air from a Santa Ana
wind blowing off
steam with just a few
degrees separating
heaven and hell
outside a sun
blanched cafe where
god don’t serve drinks
strong enough to cope.
Tony Pena was selected as 2017-2018 Poet Laureate for the city of Beacon, New York.
A new volume of poetry and flash fiction, "Blood and Beats and Rock n Roll," is available now at Amazon. He also has a self published chapbook, "Opening night in Gehenna." His publication credits include “Chronogram,” "Dogzplot," "Gutter Eloquence," “Hudson Valley Transmitter,” "Red Fez," "Slipstream," "Underground Voices," "Zygote in my Coffee," and others.
Colorful compositions and caterwauling with a couple of chords can be seen at:
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