It ain't all pizzas and cream

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A bit of shameless self-promotion.  

 Trying to raise enough money to get some much needed publicity for my first collection of poems & photos, "Far from Luck"  

...things like: space ads in writing mags, and a Kirkus review. 

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Scumbag

 

The city. I drop some coins into the cup 
of a man on the corner. Beside his right eye, 
he has a tattoo tear. "Thanks pal," he says.

A few steps later, I hear a voice beside me.
"You see that guy back there, he had a tattoo
on his face." I look over. He is tall and pasty
with bad skin and a military-style flat top.

"It's a prison thing," I explain. He's pacing me
now. "Well I'm glad they get those things,"
he says. "It lets me know who the scumbags are."

We walk along. Flat top waits for me to answer,
but I don't. At the next light, he goes right
and I go straight, wishing I'd had the guts to say,
"The only scumbag here is you."