Tuesday, December 29, 2009

King Of Beers


Curled
up & tinted red

On
the sidewalk under the

On
again off again spell

Of
an ancient neon curse

Flashing
in the dusty window

At
Big Al's Celebrity Lounge

A
faceless mass of matted hair

Blacked
out in the moonlight.


By Ed Markowski

1 comment:

The Bijou Poetry Review said...

Ed Markowski has had poetry
& short fiction published both here & abroad.
Most recently, He was the featured poet in the
Autumn edition of Simply Haiku.
He also writes short fiction for Smokebox (ezine)
& one of his pieces titled, 1986, is featured
in issue # 56.

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