on David Bowie
Horror
Halloween night/secluded first floor apartment/vandals shot
out street lamps/shadows surrender to darkness/Friday movie
night/cable flick/Cat People/rage of leopards/cross boundary
to human form/must kill to return from transference/spooky
dude David Bowie/black garb/high heel boots/mascara and
lipstick/androgyny/howls during final credits/”Putting out fire
with gasoline”/feral felines clash/window panes rattle/renters
dive into nightmare.
Author Biography
Jimmy Burns writes his poetry from his wheelchair, parked at his rural home near Houston. Recent poetry is in Backstreet, Chest, Eds, Nomad’s Choir, Pegasus, Writer’s Bloc and Wordgathering.