MY SON IN THE CALMEST NIGHTMARE HAS SEEN A BALLOON by Barton D Smock

Nov 2024

MY SON IN THE CALMEST NIGHTMARE HAS SEEN A BALLOON

The disconnected god of blood

The wasp of loss

I don’t have your headache, kid

A cigarette looks for its teeth
Sleep
for the older
wrist

of proximity’s
nearby
ghost

Written by

Barton D Smock 48/M/Columbus, Ohio

(48/M/Columbus, Ohio)

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