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sapphic soaps


By Karl Koweski

 

whenever lesbians kiss
during one of her soap operas
(which occurs more
and more frequently)
the wife says "yuck"
then turns to me
anticipating my expression
of disgust as though
seven years of marriage
has emasculated me to
the point where I'm
no longer excited by
hot women kissing

then again
seven years ago
I wouldn't have been
watching "All My Children"

 

baptism of blah

 

                                   Karl Koweski

 

you can't stop the tide

only swim against it

until your arms grow weary

and you sink beneath the waves

 

I've decided to float

without care, without worry

 

and since I've embraced

this lifestyle of emotional apathy

this baptism of blah

I've never felt so

gloriously indifferent

so monotonously alive

 

Karl Koweski was intirigued by the name "Yellow Mama," as he's lived in Alabama for the last ten years. His poems have appeared in such places as Nerve Cowboy, Chiron Review, Birmingham Literary Journal. He is co-editor of www.zygoteinmycoffee.com. His latest collection of poetry, Can't Kill A Man Born To Hang, was published by www.bospress.net. His next collection, Diminishing Returns, will be published by www.sunnyoutside.com early next year.

 



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