Saturday, January 7, 2023

this is the new year by J.J. Campbell

 a rusty razor blade and new skin
 
the smell of success is never
around here anymore
 
two lovers in the next room
argue over a tv remote
 
their child is using a credit
card to line up sugar fresh
out of the packets
 
someone must have snuck
in to watch scarface yet again
 
this is the new year
 
a fresh death in new clothes
 
reckless abandon sent to die
in a small town in kentucky
 
we all become our least
favorite song
 
only the rich get to write
their own endings
 
we are left to fate
 
to fade
 
to succumb to all the perils
of life on the underside of
a greedy ass dream
 
say hello to my little friend
 
 

 
J.J. Campbell (1976 - ?) was raised by wolves and is currently trapped in suburbia. He's been widely published over the years, most recently at Record Magazine, Misfit Magazine, The Beatnik Cowboy, Mad Swirl and Synchronized Chaos. His latest chapbook, the taste of blood on christmas morning, was published by Analog Submission Press in July 2018. You can find him most days on his mildly entertaining blog, evil delights. (http://evildelights.blogspot.com)
http://sites.google.com/site/losersincsite/

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