a soft landing
by J. J.
Campbell
i can still taste your lips
sweet cherry lip gloss as i ran my hands
down your beautiful body
i was young enough to be eager and you
were old enough to know what you liked
i was an attentive listener and was good
at following directions
you were patient and judging from the
wet spots on the sheets, satisfied
i quickly fell in love and you pretended
as long as the sex was good
and i know you tried your best to give
me a soft landing when you moved on
that was over twenty years ago
i’m still climbing back up that mountain
J. J. Campbell (1976–?)
is stuck in suburbia wondering where the lonely housewives are hiding. He's
been widely published over the years, most recently at Synchronized Chaos,
Ramingo's Porch, Cajun Mutt Press, The Beatnik Cowboy
and Horror Sleaze Trash. You can find him most days on his mildly
entertaining blog, evil delights. (https://evildelights.blogspot.com)
Cindy
Rosmus is a Jersey
girl who looks like a Mob Wife & talks like Anybody’s from West Side
Story. She works out 5-6 days a week, so needs no excuse to drink or do
whatever the hell she wants She’s been published in the usual places, such as Shotgun
Honey, Hardboiled, A Twist of Noir, Megazine, Beat to a Pulp, Out
of the Gutter, Mysterical-E, and Twisted Sister. She
is the editor/art director of the ezine, Yellow Mama. She’s a Gemini, a
Christian, and an animal rights activist. She has recently been branching out
into photo illustration, under the guidance and mentoring of Ann Marie Rhiel.
