Jeffrey Zable

GIVEN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES

This is really not a dark poem, but if you’re craving one,
I could certainly oblige.

Other than that, I’ve been trying to be more upbeat lately
even though on the inside it’s mostly been stormy
and a flood of water is up to my knees.

Given such circumstances, I think I’ll just make myself
a cup of tea and concoct a movie in my brain in which the guy
gets the girl in spite of his crooked teeth, bad breath, and the fact
that he lied about winning the lottery and will never have to work again
or put up with anyone’s bullshit…

Jeffrey Zable is a teacher, conga drummer/percussionist who plays for dance classes and rumbas around the San Francisco Bay Area, and a writer of poetry, flash-fiction, and non-fiction. He’s published five chapbooks and his writing has appeared in hundreds of literary magazines and anthologies, more recently in Uppagus, Ellie, Dark Winter, The Paradox, New English Review, The Raven’s Perch, Moss Piglet and many others. His selected poetry, “When I’m Dead and Felling Blue” is now available from Amazon or directly from Androgyne Books.