It is Valentines day and we are at home drinking white wine.
It is Valentines day and I have grilled black drum in a sauce of butter and basil.
It is Valentines day and seventeen lay spilled across buffed linoleum.
It is Valentines day and parents were frozen by calls from the County Sheriff Department.
Five more don’t know yet.
It is Valentines day and the nation’s largest mental health provider is the L.A. county slammer.
It is Valentines day and policemen are still picking spent cartridges off hall floors.
It is Valentines day and the N. R. A is mounting another press release.
It is Valentine’s day and our representative’s in the house wear bold ties.
My older brother could say I have helped wrench the unborn from their wombs.
I have worked with and I have known unwanted children.
These half-formed teens did not deserve bullets flying into them quicker than heart beats.
Ed Ruzicka has published one full length volume, Engines of Belief. His poems have appeared in Atlanta Review, New Millennium Review, Chicago Literati and Xavier Review, as well as other literary journals and anthologies. Ed lives in Baton Rogue, LA and is an occupational therapist. More works can be found on his website: edrpoet.com.
It is Valentines day and I have grilled black drum in a sauce of butter and basil.
It is Valentines day and seventeen lay spilled across buffed linoleum.
It is Valentines day and parents were frozen by calls from the County Sheriff Department.
Five more don’t know yet.
It is Valentines day and the nation’s largest mental health provider is the L.A. county slammer.
It is Valentines day and policemen are still picking spent cartridges off hall floors.
It is Valentines day and the N. R. A is mounting another press release.
It is Valentine’s day and our representative’s in the house wear bold ties.
My older brother could say I have helped wrench the unborn from their wombs.
I have worked with and I have known unwanted children.
These half-formed teens did not deserve bullets flying into them quicker than heart beats.
Ed Ruzicka has published one full length volume, Engines of Belief. His poems have appeared in Atlanta Review, New Millennium Review, Chicago Literati and Xavier Review, as well as other literary journals and anthologies. Ed lives in Baton Rogue, LA and is an occupational therapist. More works can be found on his website: edrpoet.com.
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