Prescriptions
These pills, they don’t work.
They kill me, resurrect me into
a walking fragment of memory
half remembered on
a Sunday Morning.
They ask if I’m taking my meds?
I seem tense, they worry.
I want to say that
being tense
is better than
being past tense.
Dread
The gut ache that doesn’t ease,
the dishes unwashed in the sink,
the laundry murder
shapes on the floor.
Windows left open for the rain.
The fever in the night,
all too black & too bright.
The telephone unrung.
The bills sealed by the front door.
Waiting on tomorrow
like it’s the goddamned
firing squad.
Stephen J. Golds was born in London, U.K, but has lived in Japan for most of his adult life. He enjoys spending time with his daughters, reading books, traveling, boxing and listening to old Soul LPs. His novel Say Goodbye When I’m Gone will be released by Red Dog Press in October 2020 and another novel Glamour Girl Gone will be released by Close to The Bone Press January 2021
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