Three Poems by J.J. Campbell

 

a tornado watch in february

here comes

the thunder

the wind that

damages more

than just money

cats and dogs

running for

cover as the 

bones start

to ache

nothing quite

like a tornado

watch in 

february

the parking lot of the grocery store

i was pumping gas

the other day and 

i swear i saw a duck

get on top of a car

off in the distance

for a second, i

thought maybe it

was another acid

flashback

when i got done

pumping and got

my receipt, i drove

over into the parking

lot of the grocery

store

sure enough, there

was a fucking duck

on top of a red car

happy and warm

in the sunshine

too bad it wasn't 

a damn convertible

consumed with war these days

i sit back and

watch the birds

fight outside

of the kitchen 

window

every living thing

consumed with

war these days

i wonder what 

god pissed those

birds off

the rain starts to 

fall again

i better get out of

this chair before

arthritis says no

in the front yard

a squirrel is

contemplating

one giant leap

the stupid fucker

is about three

moments away 

from his death

J.J. Campbell (1976 - ?) is currently trapped in suburbia, plotting his escape.  He's been widely published over the years, most recently at Synchronized Chaos, Terror House Magazine, Horror Sleaze Trash, The Rye Whiskey Review, and The Beatnik Cowboy.  You can find him most days on his mildly entertaining blog, evil delights. (https://evildelights.blogspot.com)