What
do you write
what do you say
when invisible voices
are not whispering
pushing
or crashing lightning
against your heart?
Whatever
comes straight out
of soul
a memory …
a slice …
Looking
at my Navy coffee mug
from my old ship
USS Mobile LKA-115
amphibious assault cargo
we called a gator
Those
were times under the ocean
of alcohol
and over the ocean reeling
and inside the ocean
drowning all the time
as Sacramento Elvis
would say
But
there are ways to survive
in this world
of swamp
and addiction
while living with monsters
There is this
and there is you, the rare beast
reading this now.
Bradley Mason Hamlin
deuce coupe 