(after Terry Gaskins)
Last night, my printer stopped working. Then a skinny cat
showed up and we fed it. Then, the sky was full of lightning.
Then, my carbon dioxide alarm beeped three times, three
different times. Was Marge trying to tell me something
from beyond? To warn me? To warm me? Remind me
not to ever forget to tell my people I love them.
Gregg Shapiro is the author of 10 books including The Name of This Poet is Gregg Shapiro (Souvenir Spoon Books, 2026). Recent/forthcoming lit-mag publications include RFD, Pleiades, Bronze Bird Review, Oatleaf Poetry Magazine, Gargoyle, and SoFloPoJo, in addition to the anthologies White Winged Doves: A Stevie Nicks Poetry Anthology (Madville Publishing, 2026) and America’s Future (Washington Writers’ Publishing House, 2025).An entertainment journalist, whose interviews and reviews run in a variety of regional LGBTQ+ and mainstream publications and websites, Shapiro lives in South Florida with his husband Rick, and their dog Coco.
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