If you ever find out how bad I am
Please don’t tell it to Uncle Sam
He’s the personification of America
He might smash my head through the grid of a harmonica
Lady Liberty strides the porte cochère
Fanning her crotch in the welcoming air
Frenching the toothless mouth of his harmonica
She remains the gleaming arbiter of the nation’s ars poetica
Jack Pendarvis has written two novels, three story collections, a poetry chapbook, and a nonfiction book about cigarette lighters. His novel-in-progress Sour Blueberries is currently being serialized on Substack, to be followed by the murder mystery Salty Beans.
