A Cathartic Drive? By Dan Provost

 Creases the forehead a bit.

 Snow dribbled radiation drives

to St. Johnsbury, Vermont.

 

Odd, different hurt—internal biases

while some Science Fiction machine

shoots Minitour rays around my

portly, unkempt body.

 

Fifteen minutes of treatment…

 

Three hours of a sore ass and

used coffee cups flinging around

every swivel of Route 108.

 

My collection of CD’s, music

to inquire about the sacred.

 

Chris Cornell did fall on

Black Days,

 

but haven’t

we all?

 

Ronnie’s Cry for the

Badman remains

relevant today

 

Need I give examples?

 

Drive By Truckers, Daddy

Needs a Drink—but that

was a lifetime ago.

 

Frail walk into the house, pet

the dog—wait for the wife…

 

Wonder if “Could this be

my fate,

 

is a Soundgarden lyric that

pertains to me.

 

Dan Provost's poetry has been published throughout the small press for a number of years.  Some recent publications include: Ariel Chart, Poetical Review, Merak Magazine, Oddball Magazine, Deuce Coupe, Misfit Magazine, the Rye Whiskey Review, Cajun Mutt Press and the Dope Fiend Daily.  He has two books coming out in 2020.  Under the Influence of Nothingness by Kung Fu Treachery Press and Rattle of a Realizer, published by Whiskey City Press.  He lives in Berlin, New Hampshire with his wife Laura and dog Bella.