A Demented Dreamer

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An occupant of a room whose door keeps getting knocked on, yet no one enters.

The elongation of this natural talent will never cease,

Whether deadpan or whimsy, or chronicles of how to lose your shirt and still be served in

convenience stores…

I don’t want to explore sunken ships,

I don’t want to convene in a room with fluorescent lighting and compare journal entries based on

a prompt some failure handed out,

Leave me in a darkened hovel

A pen, 

A piece of papyrus,

A knuckle duster on my off hand.

If I ever decide to really drink again…

You lot are done for.

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Joe Sonnenblick is a Native New Yorker who was a regular contributor to the now defunct Citizen Brooklyn magazine. Joe has been featured in publications such as In Parentheses, for their 6th volume of poetry, The Academy Of The Heart And Mind, Impspire Literary Review, and The Bond Street Review. Upcoming publications include Aji, for the Spring 2021 issue, and Ethel, for the June/July 2021 issue.

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