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10/20/2015 Comments

JOHN DORSEY: icarus Revisited

icarus revisited

juan stood chatting nervously
trading his dreams
for another lost love
& a glass of diet cola
with some poorly mixed spiced rum
as guests danced around
his problems like paper thin shadows
awaiting an
                             invisible sunset

christina & i handed him a card
wished him a happy birthday
and turned to leave
when he started taking out his hearing aids
& walked out onto the penthouse patio

learning to fly from eight stories up
in the philadelphia skyline

like a swan on fire
he almost made it
                                       look easy

an outsider in
                       his
                       own heart
blowing unrequited kisses
                      at the pavement

where ex-lovers looked like ants
swooning to a silent ballet
only he knew the words to

making beautiful music
composing his melody
                                                
                    in blood.



John Dorsey is the author of several collections of poetry, including “Teaching the Dead to Sing: The Outlaw’s Prayer” (Rose of Sharon Press, 2006), “Sodomy is a City in New Jersey” (American Mettle Books, 2010), “Tombstone Factory” (Epic Rites Press, 2013), “Natural Selection: Early Poems” (Kilmog Press, 2014) and most recently, "Imaginary Foxholes" (Rusty Truck Press, 2015). His work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. He may be reached at [email protected]
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