VISITING OR -Poetry by guest author Rp Verlaine

It is

the truncated

lifespan of a cicadas

dying song before

winter's

faint pulse

quickens forward.

All I know

is her silver dress falls

to meet her high heels

on a flawlessly waxed floor.

Soon the bed springs

sing as if possessed

to set me straight

back on the crooked path.

Hell grants misdoers.

Until she's gone.

And I have a drink,

then several more.

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Visiting Or

by Rp Verlaine

Rp Verlaine lives in New York City.

He has an MFA in creative writing from City College.

He taught in New York Public Schools for many years.

His first volume of poetry- Damaged by Dames

& Drinking was published in 2017, and another – Femme Fatales

Movie Starlets & Rockers in 2018. A set of three e-books

titled Lies From The Autobiography vol 1-3 were published from

2018 to 2020. His newest book, Imagined Indecencies,

was published in February 2022. He was nominated for a

Pushcart prize in poetry in 2021 and 2022.