Howie Good

Martyrdom of a Curmudgeon

What a sight
it would be,
me, with my heart
plucked out
of my body,

still managing
somehow to say,
“It’s just 11 ounces,
you morons,”

before feral youth
coldly scratch
their names
and affiliations
all over it.


Howie Good is the author of most recently of Stick Figure Opera from Cajun Mutt Press.