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Again, A Bike Left
by RpVerlaine
In the middle
of a road
owned by an
8-year-old
who goes missing.
True horror
begins as hours
disappear vanishing
into darkness
as
do any trace
of
a pretty 8-year-
old girl later
found in
the woods in
a park, river,
lake or ditch,
months or
years later
in skeletal
remains all
over America
and all the
world
this ungodly
sphere
of rage and
chaos.
Rp
Verlaine lives in New York City. He has an MFA in creative writing from City
College. He taught in the New York Public schools for many years. His first
volume of poetry, Damaged by Dames & Drinking, was published in 2017
and another, Femme Fatales, Movie Starlets & Rockers, in 2018. A set
of three e-books titled Lies From the Autobiography vol 1–3 were published from 2018 to 2020. His
newest book, Imagined Indecencies, was published in February of 2022.
Bernice Holtzman’s paintings and collages have appeared in shows at various venues
in Manhattan, including the Back Fence in Greenwich Village, the Producer’s
Club, the Black Door Gallery on W. 26th St., and one other place she
can’t remember, but it was in a basement, and she was well received.
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