chuck taylors

by Steve Calamars

propped up on the
coffee table and a
chuck norris flick
flashing on the
television set

mike meraz poems
and dc comicbooks
erase the afternoon

evening passes with
pushups and patsy cline
pouring from the radio
like pinballs

as insomnia and reckless
ambition keep me pounding
words into these pages

beneath halogen stars
and a chalkboard-green
midnight—