You know you’re old
when the wet dream
loop rewound a million
times before winds
up in a darkness
you can’t quite place ,
your bladder tickling
penile nerves till you
twist like Oliver about
to piss in a bowl
of porridge begging
for a bathroom key.
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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