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***BIO*** J.J. Campbell stares at a calendar all day long and wonders what day will be the one he is called to his casket. In the meantime he writes poems and tries to give his wrists carpal tunnel syndrome. You can contact him via email at jcampb4593@aol.com.
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social anxiety disorder
by J.J. Campbell
so there i was in some trendy
save the downtown industrial
district restaurant for my mother's
fifty-fifth birthday party

surrounded by family and her friends
the kind of shit i normally avoid

and sure enough, after a hour and a
few beers i'm on the toilet

and it's the kind of bloody shit that
for as much shit that makes the toilet
there is an equal amount on the floor
and in your pants

the kind of shit that you know
you'll never be able to wipe it all

the kind of shit bukowski made
famous

and like clockwork, back out at the
table i could feel the stink start to
fester up my spine

and looking over at all the young hot
barmaids and waitresses i could feel
the depression getting ready to set up
camp

it was right about then that the cousin
that molested me as a child handed me
a piece of cake

i could hear god laughing over in the
corner with all the cool kids

and as i got up to leave and noticed the
little bit of blood and shit on the chair

i reminded myself that on days like these
men much better than me have killed
themselves

i can only wonder what i'm waiting for
May 2009
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