Alan Catlin
Winter nights they played
any gig in town, frat parties
usually the worst, except for
the free beer; all those lethal
punches made with high proof
poison just this side of grain
alcohol and cola, peyote buttons
as floaters for extra colorful
effects, freshman girls at these
mixers like human sacrifices,
all those well-dressed Eves
being handed apples and told
where to bite.
Bio
Alan Catlin has published over sixty chapbooks and full length books of poetry and prose. Among his most recent titles are "Near Death in the Afternoon on Becker Street" from March Street Press and "Short Shots" from Propaganda Press.