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Bare Knuckle by Brenton Booth He doesn't write anymore.
Spends his time trying to hustle
money anywhere an ex-con can. I published him, a couple of others
did too—not enough. Which didn't
surprise me at all; it takes a lot to notice greatness: and he had
it. I spoke to him high once on
the phone for over 2 hours. He was trying to feed his sick
grandmother. He was looking
after her. Told me he had broken several ribs a few weeks earlier
bare-knuckle fighting and was back
on heroin to help with the pain. I haven't heard from him
for over a year now: hoping it is life,
not death, that
has taken him.
Darker Than Night by Brenton
Booth You
automatically wake at 3:10 A.M. on your one day off work
because you always wake at 3:10 A.M for work. A dozen hungry blackbirds
singing. Waiting for the crazy old woman next door to
feed them small pieces of stale white bread and talk
(the only conversation she will have all day). Too
many bills. Dentist charging more than a holiday. No
holidays. No escape. Trapped inside the 3 A.M darkness. Exhausted but
no chance of sleep. No sweet dreams for the worker. Neither
rich, nor poor. Perpetually glued to the endless treadmill
in between. Writing words at 3 A.M to keep the shotgun cold
and empty. Wondering if the dawn will ever come.
The End by Brenton
Booth When
the hearse arrives will you run, or will you smile. When the hearse
arrives will it be tragedy, or will it be victory. When
the hearse arrives will there be mourners, or happy faces. When
the hearse arrives will Socrates be surprised. When the hearse arrives
will the plants still be growing. When the hearse arrives will it
smash through the day like Moses' sea. When the hearse arrives will the
hands still tremble from all the years they've seen. When the hearse
arrives will all the seconds have had meaning. When
the hearse arrives will there be something left to take . . .
Brenton Booth lives in Sydney, Australia. Poetry
of his has appeared, or is forthcoming in Gargoyle, New York Quarterly,
North Dakota Quarterly, Chiron Review, Main Street Rag, Naugatuck
River Review, Heavy Feather Review, and Nerve Cowboy. He has
two full length collections available from Epic Rites Press.
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