A Poem by J.J. Campbell

open swing

 

a wonderful sunny

day spent indoors

 

trapped with the

sick and children

that just want to

go out and play

 

they couldn't

give two shits

that grandma's

on the verge of

death

 

not when there's

an open swing

right outside

the window

 

 

 

J.J. Campbell (1976 - soon) lives and writes on 80 acres in Ohio. He's been well published over the years, most recently at My Favorite Bullet, Dead Snakes, The Camel Saloon, Nerve Cowboy, and ZYX. His first full length collection, Sofisticated White Trash (Interior Noise Press), is available wherever people buy books these days. You can find him most days bitching about life and sports on his blog evil delights (http://evildelights.blogspot.com).