Christmas in New York By John Drudge

That time

You almost

Choked on your puke

At the Chelsea Hotel

On Christmas

And I kicked you

Onto your side

Just in time

Then we watched TV 

In the dark

As it snowed

John is a social worker working in the field of disability management and holds degrees in social work, rehabilitation services, and psychology.  He is the author of four books of poetry: “March” (2019), “The Seasons of Us” (2019), New Days (2020), and Fragments (2021). His work has appeared widely in numerous literary journals, magazines, and anthologies internationally. John is also a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee and lives in Caledon Ontario, Canada with his wife and two children.