22

THE PRICE OF SUNSHINE

mike sets down a
pyramid of dimes his
the ancient prizefight
for sanity $1.20 for
airport coffee the cost
of expression has been
too expensive to put
into words mad fists
fly through his head
his heart always living
on standby in its
fight with invisible birds
moaning stay up motherfucker
stay up unless you
really want to fly
face first into the
heart of the
                  sun

By JOHN DORSEY

John Dorsey currently resides in Toledo, OH.
He is the author of several collections including
harvey keitel,harvey keitel,harvey keitel with S.A.
Griffin and Scott Wannberg, Butcher Shop Press/Rose of
Sharon Press/Temple of Man, 2005. He can be reached
at archerevans@yahoo.com