Gaper Delay
by
Anthony Nannetti


To say missed the mark would understate.

We indulge every impulse

and succumb eventually

to metafiction and cardboard coffees

and nights rocked by inactivity.

Left on our own to channel Armageddon

and wear wristbands for the casualties.

Copyright 2011. All rights reserved.

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