lemon

by Michael Hackney

This love life is a quiet one, if

I’m alive at all.

Its like standing on the deck of a ship drinking

whiskey sours alone.

The gods have set forth their grand schemes above,

leaving me lost out to sea,

wrecked and unanointed.

And the wind? She rages,

and the mouth of the muse

longs to be kissed.

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BIO: Mike Hackney has recently penned the poetry for The Unforgivable Gossamer Sadness, a poetry and rock opera (coauthored with music by Scott Fish). He is the author of five books. His works have appeared in Thirteen Myna Birds, Cornfed Angel, Broadway Bards, Gasconade Review, Artifact Nouveau, White Wall Review and Passengers Journal. He lives in Toledo, Ohio.