J.J. Campbell- Two Poems

J.J. Campbell (b. 1976 - ?) lives, writes, and dies a little each day on a farm in Brookville, Ohio. He's been widely published over the years, most recently at Zygote in My Coffee, Underground Voices, Jellyfish Whispers, The Camel Saloon, and Horror Sleaze Trash. His first full length collection of poems, Sofisticated White Trash, is due out in 2013 from Interior Noise Press. You can find J.J. most days wasting time on his blog, http://evildelights.blogspot.com.

 

 

 

as much genius as disease

when you are

cursed you never

have to worry

about the flame

ever going out

creativity is as

much genius as

disease

enjoy the insanity

and be sure to 

write in blood

the deepest ink

known to man

 

 

crept upon my face

i woke up the other

morning right after

having a dream

that ended with me

stumbling upon my

father's dead body

i thought i might

have been happy at

the thought or at

least a smile would

have crept upon my

face

but i actually

thought nothing

of it

it was a nice attempt

from my subconscious

to try to elicit some

kind of emotion

but i've moved on

when my father dies

i'll be waiting with

a shovel