Thursday, January 8, 2026

Grass hopper on a steel table By Mike Zone


I never lost the dream of paranoid magic

Beefy dad fishing

Falling through this beautiful chaos

My dead lover writes to me on steam

covered bathroom mirrors as I wash my 

freshly shaved scalp with her favorite

beer




Mike Zone is the Editor in Chief of Dumpster Fire Press, the author of Fuck You: A Fucking Poetry Chap, Shedding Dark Places (almost), One Hell of a Muse , as well as coauthor of The Grind. A frequent contributor to Alien Buddha Press and Mad Swirl. His work has been featured in: Horror Sleaze Trash, Better Than Starbucks, Piker Press, Punk Noir Magazine, Synchronized Chaos, Outlaw Poetry and Cult Culture magazine.


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