Kurt Nimmo

Hard sell

I ’ve mined the harbor.
Nobody ’s getting in or out.
There is no passage.
You will find another way.
I will not make it easy.
People are trying
to get in here all the time.
I ’m on to them.
You bet I am.
Doubt?
Regret?
I ’m on to you.
I have barred the windows
and bolted the door.
You ’re not getting in.
Now take your
fucking vacuum cleaner
and get the hell off my lawn
you son of a bitch.

 

Kurt Nimmo lives in New Mexico with his wife. In the 1980s and 90s, he published Planet Detroit Magazine and the Persona Non Grata Chapbook series.