UNDERGROUND VOICES MAGAZINE/J.J. CAMPBELL


	UNDERGROUND VOICES: POETRY - 06/2012

J.J. CAMPBELL

the promised land

i've taken one too
many detours on
the road to the
promised land
and though i've
realized my
mistakes they're
still mistakes
no matter how
much i seek
forgiveness
i've yet to
find any
the sun has set
on my better
days
creeping closer to
my unavoidable
slip into the
vast void of
languishing
lament
one last bottle
one last trip
down memory
lane
soon to be
finished off
for the final
time

J.J. Campbell (b.1976 - ?) lives, writes but mostly dies a little each day on a farm in Brookville, Ohio. He's been widely published over the years, most recently at ZYX, Gutter Eloquence Magazine, ART:MAG, Chiron Review and Nerve Cowboy. His first full length collection of poetry is due out later this year from Interior Noise Press. J.J. can be contacted via email jcampb4593@aol.com or at his homepage http://sites.google.com/site/losersincsite/.