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scribbling down some poems
sitting in the
waiting room
watching all
these people
come in and
decide to sit
on the other
side of the
waiting room
as i’m sitting
here scribbling
down some
poems
crazy wins
again
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better when drinking
she had eyes
of the deepest
blue
i was too poor
to even think
i could get a
chance with
something
so beautiful
she bought
me a drink
one morning
after work
we started to
talk and play
a little pool
she didn’t know
i play better
when drinking
apparently,
i was supposed
to let her win
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hello is a better choice
a steamy eyed
vixen says hello
my first instinct
is to ask how
much money
does this cost
i figure hello is
a better choice
of course, a few
days later and it
will be questions
of how much can
i spend on a gift
card or anything
for them
humans have this
constant ability
to do nothing
but disappoint
me
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the better of me
i once asked burroughs
to cook me up a shot
fucker kept it
for himself
i used to dance naked
in the rain until time
got the better of me
she tasted like clove
cigarettes and trouble
i should have married
her on a tuesday
coltrane plays me
down from the ledge
yet, i can’t shake the
haunting feeling that
all good men fucking
jump
endless regret wrapped
inside a lover’s lament
yet another tootsie roll
i won’t get to lick
flirting with death
like a whore at last
call
i never thought
loneliness would
be the hill i’d die
on
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the simmering rage
say hello to the pain
to each wrong step
that brings about
misery
say hello to fucking
traffic
bumper to bumper
for no fucking
reason at all
say hello to the anger
the simmering rage
and the final days
where you’ll be able
to control it
say hello to dysfunction
the guiding light
through every dark
day
J.J. Campbell (1976 – ?) is slowly wasting away in the suburbs. He’s been widely published over the years, most recently at The Rye Whiskey Review, Horror Sleaze Trash Quarterly, Mad Swirl, The Beatnik Cowboy and Disturb the Universe Magazine. He has a few copies of his book with Casey Renee Kiser, Altered States of The Unflinching Souls, for sale. You can find him most days on his mildly entertaining blog, evil delights.