86’ed. By Dan Provost

Barred from Wonderland

with an idea of poetic license

stuck to my calamity.

Billowing hopelessness stalks the

ground with the horizontal

homeless.

Before I go, I’ll take three of what she’s

having and call it a life.

Be patient, as I count the

pennies to pay the tab.

You’ve got nowhere to

go Captain America…

Being 86’ed forever is a

title I’d welcome

           warmly…

I can sit on the curb

all day now

and portray my pitiful

mistake.

As passer byes lean against my

new home.

Trying to lift gum off

their shoe.

Dan Provost's poetry has been published throughout the small press for a number of years.  Some recent publications include: Ariel Chart, Poetical Review, Merak Magazine, Oddball Magazine, Deuce Coupe, Misfit Magazine, the Rye Whiskey Review, Cajun Mutt Press and the Dope Fiend Daily.  He has two books coming out in 2020.  Under the Influence of Nothingness by Kung Fu Treachery Press and Rattle of a Realizer, published by Whiskey City Press.  He lives in Berlin, New Hampshire with his wife Laura and dog Bella.