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JOSEPH VERONNEAU
Roadside Up by the bridge mangy men stand bow-legged, hands deep into their jean pockets. The street is pot-holed, cars cruise thru and nearly lose their front bumpers, the aroma of glazed tar spanning the site. Twenty of them sit by the side of the road idle; one talks on a cell phone as cables are being planted underground or so I am told. They will not finish there for some time to come, the paycheck is good and beats unemployment. So the cars will continue their illegal u-turns and people will continue to raise their arms to the air as if God will better direct this traffic right after his lunch break. Joseph Veronneau runs Scintillating Publications. His own poems have appeared in many print and online magazines, such as Chiron Review, Barbaric Yawp, Zen Baby, Fearless, Zygote In My Coffee, Thieves Jargon, Lunatic Chameleon, Lily, and many others. His website can be found at: www.freewebs.com/scintillatingpublications. |
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