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| ***BIO*** Bradley Mason Hamlin lives in Sacramento, California. His poetry, short stories, and articles have appeared in several small press books, magazines, and literary journals in print and on line. Brad & his wife Nicky own Mystery Island Publications and publish an ongoing in-print literary pop culture magazine called: Mystery Island Magazine. Recent work includes the publication of Tough Company by singer/songwriter Tom Russell, featuring: Charles Bukowski. Brad is also the creator of the metaphysical crime series: the Secret Society, featuring the Intoxicated Detective. For more information about Hamlin and other wild things—visit: www.mysteryisland.net
You can contact Brad at blacksharkpress@mysteryisland.net |
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| THE RED DOOR |
| by Bradley Mason Hamlin |
| Just now drunk enough
To think writing poetry Is a good idea To open The red door Just now drunk enough To tell you the secret Of something I’ve already Forgotten Someone standing there A shadow In the corner of the room Wants me to write jazz But there is no riff Tonight Only the flame The hellfire Orange And red And yellow Beyond The red door Vodka Rum And red punch Numb the senses enough Almost enough To abate the fear The ghost wind that comes Up from stomach To choke your throat The red-hot meat Of murder on a stick Pulsating … The brain Blood singing Trying to find a reason Not to open The red door The knob burns palm lines Altering future forever And fingers And thumb And skin gone As the voice of Vincent Price Reads Poe on the radio Scares me Because it’s so bad … But I push the wet, fleshy, wood Forward In spite of the voices Can’t breathe Can’t will myself to move Can’t do anything but Feel the heat of The red door Somewhere There is a cloud A fucking happy cushion Beyond Something flying A hand grasping for the light switch Baby turn it on I am going to fall; I can’t help it There’s no floor No fucking bottom Just the doorway wanting it all And now And every image in my head Just past the frame Of That Mother Fucking Cock Sucking Scary Red door. |
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| Sept. 2006 |
| 67 |