Frankie Metro

Sudafed Boxwine Tent

He stumbles out of the tent

with box wine and sudafed,

taking naps only when

he can sit still enough

to remember that he's a poet

from the city,

that the glass hearts of every

dead word rests

in the fact that

he's gonna have someone

to help him on his feet

when he falls headfirst

into another

crotch that's unfamiliar.

Frankie Metro's recent full length poetry collection A.P.C is now available through Kleft Jaw Press. He also writes book/music reviews for Unlikely Stories and has been published in numerous online/print journals.