Matthew Borczon is a poet from Erie, Pa his most recent book Code 3 the prison Blues just came out from Alien Buddha Press. He has written seven books of poetry and has published widely in the small press. He is a nurse for developmentally disabled adults and is a sailor in the Navy reserve.
Julie
Was telling
my wife
about
confronting her
husband asking
who the
girl was
that was
blowing up
his phone
what did
he say
what did
you do
my wife
asks he
didn't say
anything
so I
punched him
hard enough
to break
his nose
then he
called the
police
and had
me arrested
Julie looks
at me
for the
first time
and says
he's lucky
I was
holding the
baby with
my good
arm or
I swear
it would
have been
worse.
Pat's
parents had
been missionaries
in Jonestown
when he
was born
and they
left just
weeks before
the massacre
so Pat
lost almost
everyone
he had
ever known
all at
once
Pat talked
about it
all the
time and
even when
he didn't
you could
still see
it in
his eyes.
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