Russell Streur- Three Poems

TABLE OF DISCONTENTS #24

Trump card

Emergency contraception

Gift shop

Bill to nowhere

Private land

Maximum purity

Civilization of fear

Moral silence

A new low

“Things are bad,”

the man at the bank said.

“Even the camp isn’t safe anymore.”

Technical glitch

Endless descent

TABLE OF DISCONTENTS #25

Sham vote

Weaponization

Mirror image

Disputed land

Windows shattered           

Normal republic

Flash mob

Line of attack

Personal ends

“There were puddles of blood,”

 the woman in the crowd said.

“The rest is all a bunch of noise”

New film

Paper gains.

TABLE OF DISCONTENTS #26

Magic show

Eyes closed

Losing streak

Minimum risk

Blood sample

Map complete

Disconnected world

Noninvasive method

Poison needle

“We know there are victims,”

the representative said.

“Obviously this is not good news,”

False start

Closing price.