Cyphers Magazine

CYPHERS MAGAZINE

Publishing poetry, prose and art since 1975

Month: December 2021

He Made It All Too Obvious

He made it all too phony about affection,
made it all too creepy about using women,
made it all too Don Juan about his alleged amours,
all too evident he was twisted and all
too dull when anyone interrupted him by
so little as a word,

Head Wounds

Each thin line of fresh blood on my forehead
is an insignia of age
I claim,

my genetic baldness, ambushed and bled
stanched by paper scrap or band aid
no shame.

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