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ANIMAL UNDER THE TABLE
by John Tustin
There is an animal
under the table;
unnamed, without a
face.
There is a monster
in the closet,
whispering to the
ghost
who inhabits the
space
between my walls.
There is an angel
swinging
behind the closest
star
that is still
farther away
than I will ever
reach
and there is an
animal’s body
carved into the
moon
that dwells
anxiously above me.
Its silhouette
reaches my door
and scratches at
it,
waiting for the
animal under the table
to crawl out from
under
while I try to
sleep
and let him in.
They conspire,
they commune
while I lie here,
wasting moments,
contemplating.
John
Tustin’s poetry has appeared in
many disparate literary journals since 2009. fritzware.com/johntustinpoetry
contains links to his published poetry online.
Cindy Rosmus originally hails
from the Ironbound section of
Newark, NJ, once voted the “unfriendliest city on the planet.” She talks like
Anybodys from West Side Story and everybody from Saturday Night Fever. Her
noir/horror/bizarro stories have been published in the coolest places, such
as Shotgun Honey; Megazine; Dark Dossier; The
Rye Whiskey Review, Under the Boardwalk, and Rock and a
Hard Place. She is the editor/art director of Yellow Mama and
the art director of Black Petals. She’s published seven collections
of short stories. Cindy is a Gemini, a Christian, and an animal
rights advocate. She has recently been branching out into photo
illustration, under the guidance and mentoring of Ann Marie Rhiel.
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