Ted Jonathan

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Paul Janko

Snatched me
a yelping
white
toy-poodle.

He's John
the Revelator
incarnate, but
I call him
Nancy.

Now
we’re three:
Nancy, me, and
357
Magnum (worth
every last cent). 

So I can splatter
my pained brain
onto the ceiling
if need be.

And blow the
balls off he who
needs to have his
balls blown off.

On the mattress,
357
Magnum, Nancy
& me, watch our
favorite movie:
The Searchers.

John Wayne
doesn’t
pretend
his kidnapped
pre-teen niece,
squaw of Comanche
Chief Scar,
is redeemable. 

Like me,
he knows
what has been
fucked
cannot be
un-fucked. 

 

 

Ted Jonathan is a poet and short story writer. Born and raised in the Bronx, he now lives in New Jersey. His work has appeared in many magazines. Translations of his poetry have appeared in Russian magazines. His first collection Spiked Libido was published by Neukeia Press. Bones & Jokes, his most recent full-length collection of poems and short stories, has been published by NYQ Books (2009).