killer by jck hnry

a black crow follows me

as i make my

way down a two lane road

in the middle of

fields of wheat & corn.

yellow summer light burns across my

flesh &

with each drip of sweat

i leave a trail for you to follow.

we met at a thrift store

in the center

of a tiny farm town,

across from a diner,

next to a bank

around from the A&P.

miles from home, miles from home.

bus breaks down, most move on;

i stay.

and sleep in the basement of an old record shop,

steal clothes from a tithings drop,

work as a laborer out at a farm

just up a two lane

road.  twenty bucks a day for all of that.

black crow follows me

as i stagger back to town,

a bloody knife in my hand,

her heart in a box.

jck hnry is a neo-modernist, post-apocalyptic writer, living in the hard scrub of a californian desert.  after a 10 year hiatus hnry is back at it.  recent publications include:

includes publication in Horror Sleaze Trash, Bold Monkey, Red Fez, dope fiend daily and a bunch of other noble zines and journals.  Chapbooks/Books: “Snow in Summer and the Playground is Closed,” “Empty Houses-Kendra Steiner Editions,” “the Downtown Cafe (Erbacce Press),” “With the Patience of Monuments (neoPoesis) ,” “Crunked, (Epic Rites)” and “the Righthand Curve of a Continuous Circle. (Blunt Trauma Press).”  hnry is also editor and publisher of "Heroin Love Songs, V2.0, 7thEd" available now. for more go to jackhenry.wordpress.com.