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“…nice moon, very romantic, but it
Can’t get me twenty dollars for the kids’ clothes,
Books, diapers, very nice moon.”

“…hey, throw me some shoes. I got so drunk
That I lost mine, come on, throw them down.”

“…rent, food, some money, if not fifty cents or a dollar for a Coke.”

Mall-talk, no.
Alley piss-filled talk, yes.

“…get the fuck away from my car,” he yells
And runs from the cantina at me.
“Sorry, your car looks like mine, see.”
“OK, but be careful where you put your key.”

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About Gene Novogrodsky

Eugene “Gene” Novogrodsky has lived in the Rio Grande Valley in Brownsville for 21 years. He is a co-founder of the Narciso Maritinez Cultural Arts Center Writers Forum in San Benito. He says he has rarely been published; he fears rejection! Instead he loves to read his work in Savory Perks, in the Writers forum, and the Valley International Poetry Festival events. What he enjoys most is reading to several friends, or even strangers in small groups. He is married to his friend and companion, Ruth E. Wagner, who is also a poet and craftsperson. He does write letters to both print and online publications and has been a good friend to Writers of the Rio Grande.