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***BIO*** Jason Fisk: I have had a short story published in a college journal, and a poem published in Tamafyhr Mountain Poetry. I am currently pursuing my Masters of Art in Teaching (English) in Chicago.

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by Jason Fisk

In his livingroom
laying on his left side
head propped up by his arm
he stares out the window
the window is abnormally long
allowing him to lay
on the low couch
with an unobstructed view
of the going ons outside
people pass by
not seeing him
not stopping
to look past
the reflection
and the gathering
window dust
he lights his
sweet smelling joint
and watches the people pass
cars blur and
the divorce
the bills
f
a
    d
      e

he talks to his disorders
the ones the psychiatrist named
long after their conception
his ex-wife
knew them before he did
he takes comfort
in his actions having
disorders that have
parented them
the children will understand
someday
he thanks his daughter
named depression
son
named disability
for the joint hanging
from his lips

days disappear
occasionally marked
by the rare need
for clean clothes
or the extremely slow
passing of a bar
of soap
showers
spaced in accordance
with exertion
he wakes
he sleeps
he wakes
cable gone
cut off
he wakes he sleeps he wakes he bakes he sleeps the heat is gone he lights his joint thank you depression for the courage to live a life many are not brave enough to try “ha – yah – right”
he
    e
     x
       h
        a
         l
          e
           s.

Nov. 2005