J.J. Campbell- Three Poems

lonely eyes

i once had a woman

tell me i had lonely

eyes

i laughed and told

her she could do

something about

that

she laughed and

said she wasn't

interested

i asked her if they

suddenly looked

sad

she said yes

but she only

finds happy

people

attractive

i excused 

myself from

the conversation

as i knew i wasn't

going to be attractive

anytime soon

 

 

the world never stood a chance

i miss 

the taste

of your

skin

the lonely

nights where

it was just us

against the 

world and

the world

never stood

a chance

you're off to

god knows

where and i

can't even

fathom that

you have

thought of

me in years

and here i am

reaching for

a towel after

another meeting

with my past

you, a glass

of wine, black

lingerie and

the greatest

two hours

of my life

 

 

before the pain takes over

thunder

in the

distance

back

tightening

up

misery

is

anytime

i see

blue

on a

weather

map

 

 

J.J. Campbell (1976 - soon) lives and writes on a farm in Ohio. He's been widely published over the years, most recently at ZYX, Nerve Cowboy, The Camel Saloon, Pyrokinection, and My Favorite Bullet. His latest collection, Sofisticated White Trash, is available wherever people happen to buy books these days. You can find him bitching about life and sports on his blog, evil delights. you can find it at http://evildelights.blogspot.com.