If I check my Facebook
for likes I must want
to be liked but why
no one who sends me
wishes knows my birthday
*
Would you operate
a second time if
the surgeon says there
is no point
*
What have I created
Lili jokes
Theo cowled in his
dinosaur rain
jacket
head bowed upon
her iPhone climbs into
the car seat
zombified acquiescence
*
He says the remaining
cells will grow back
fast and why lose time in bed
recovering
the same old territory
*
Most of my junk mail
penile dysfunction
editors rejecting
my poetry
Who will disciple me
now that my youth
pastor has moved
to Arkansas
Cameron Morse lives with his wife Lili and two children in Independence, Missouri. His poems have been published in numerous magazines, including New Letters, Bridge Eight, Portland Review and South Dakota Review. His first collection, Fall Risk, won Glass Lyre Press’s 2018 Best Book Award. His latest is Far Other (Woodley Press, 2020). He holds and MFA from the University of Kansas City—Missouri and serves as Senior Reviews editor at Harbor Review and Poetry editor at Harbor Editions. For more information, check out his Facebook page or website.
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