Fagment 13
same day,
different Joseph
_____
who will smear my own
translucent spit
upon my face
_____
all the hideous Miis are chanting What
a shame!
_____
The sandwich man spreads
my mayonnaise
with an ungloved finger
_____
my orifice feels
beset
_____
if you give a sub a sub
he’ll rub your nub
until he sobs
_____
botox,
but does it speak?
Josh Tvrdy is an editor, writer and teacher. He is the author of Smut Psalm, winner of Button Poetry’s 2023 Chapbook contest. Winner of a 2021 Pushcart Prize, his work can be found in The New England Review, POETRY, Image Journal, AGNI, and elsewhere. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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