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GATHER THE NIGHT poems, available now for e-readers and for pre-order at UNM Press and Amazon.
Release 8/15/18.
Five diverse poetic voices: Aaron Abeyta, Tani Arness, Rich Broderick, Judyth Hill and myself. Thank you Stewart Warren and Mercury Heartlink Press for the inspiration and manifestation of this volume. Books available on Amazon and from the individual contributors.
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Along the Third Rail
by Katherine DiBella Seluja
His mouth, a carnival. Of squalor, he knows plenty.
This life of Snicker-bits and fries from the bottom of the bag.
His head, a tilt-a-whirl of pigeon feathers and rat.
Long hours in the tunnel,
lines in his palms, only a gypsy’s daughter could read.
An ability to strum and a crooked smile,
his missing teeth never bother the tourists.
Small change always appreciated, daily commuters know him by name.
Frieda tosses a Krispy Kreme and Jared
gives up the end of his moo goo gai pan.
His favorite slogan CAN’T GET OFF THE FERRIS WHEEL in pencil
on cardboard is lucrative.
On a good day, a bottle of Colt 45 and a hot dog.
On dark days, a bed of crumpled paper towels
the men’s room floor the 5-o’clock express
rattling across his molars.