June 2022
John Dorroh
travelerjd59@gmail.com
Bio Note: It seems I have a disease called IO, Idea Overload. I have so many things to write about, projects of all kinds, that often I find it difficult to get started on any of them. When that happens, I take a poetry book from my shelves (probably 300+) and read aloud what the poet is offering to me at that moment. It almost always works, acting as a jumpstart for the day's work.

Snake Dance

I sleep with tornadoes, their
slender tails wound around
my ankles like Velcro.

They tug on my legs, pull me
out of bed, tell me that the basement
is a joke, useless like empty coffins.

Always wear your shoes to bed 
when the weather person stays up late,
hugging the podium like a preacher.

The colors on the TV look like 
Christmas, or spilled blood in the
forest. The basement is cold 

like a morgue. I need a light
jacket to keep my soul close to my 
body when the roof pops off.
©2022 John Dorroh
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