Mel Waldman- A Poem

AN AUTHOR

ENTERS

HIS MANUSCRIPT

On the night

of

the jabberwocky universe,

beneath

a

full moon,

an author

enters

his unfinished manuscript,

a mansion

of

infinite rooms

 where

he meets his mad characters

that

 speak to him,

reveal

flaming secrets,

&

advise

the psycho creator;

&

now,

he scurries

through

burning labyrinths,

in search

of

vanishing truths

&

an obscure identity

buried

before

his birth,

before

he became a rabid character

in

his unfinished manuscript

&

disappeared

on

the night of the full moon,

when

the universe

swirled unfathomably

into

the flames

of

Hell

Dr. Mel Waldman is a psychologist, poet, and writer whose stories have appeared in numerous magazines including HARDBOILED DETECTIVE, ESPIONAGE, THE SAINT, PULP METAL MAGAZINE, YELLOW MAMA, and AUDIENCE. His poems have been widely published in magazines and books including LIQUID IMAGINATION, A NEW ULSTER, THE BROOKLYN LITERARY REVIEW, THE BROOKLYN VOICE, BRICKPLIGHT, THE BITCHIN’ KITSCH, CRAB FAT MAGAZINE, DEAD SNAKES, SKIVE MAGAZINE, ODDBALL MAGAZINE, ON THE RUSK, POETRY PACIFIC, POETICA, RED FEZ, SOUL-LIT, SQUAWK BACK, SWEET ANNIE & SWEET PEA REVIEW, THE JEWISH LITERARY JOURNAL, THE JEWISH PRESS, THE JERUSALEM POST, HOTMETAL PRESS, MAD SWIRL, HAGGARD & HALLOO, ASCENT ASPIRATIONS, and NAMASTE FIJI: THE INTERNATIONAL ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY. A past winner of the literary GRADIVA AWARD in Psychoanalysis, he was nominated for a PUSHCART PRIZE in literature and is the author of 11 books.