published October 2009

J. Bradley invented revenge in the year 103 CE. He loves like an empty wallet on a first date. His first collection of poetry, Dodging Traffic, comes out Fall 2009 through Ampersand Books. Lust for him at iheartfailure.wordpress.com.

Howl

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Unlike most canines,
you can­not trick Cerberus
to lap your gen­i­tals
with peanut butter.

You must coat them
with a fine layer of grief,
salt them with Christianity
to repel its teeth.

Don’t keep your legs open
like a gate; the pelvis
was not designed to bear
care­less mistakes.