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"... brevity is the soul of wit ..."
- William Shakespeare

Bio


Bob Lucky lives in Ethiopia. He is co-author of the chapbook my favorite thing and his work has appeared or is forthcoming in various journals, including Modern Haiku, The Prose-Poem Project, Shot Glass Journal, and Rattle.


Bob Lucky


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Fairytale Ghazal

I've worn a path to your secrets but still
get lost along the way, eat the crumbs but still

hunger for your numbing kiss, mumble
threats and incantations, even pray, but still

you don't wake to my touch, your teeth
too big for your smile glisten, but still

huffing and puffing you blow down
my gingerbread house, eat the porridge, but still

I sit in the grove of desire, blistered by
these ill-fitting slippers, hopeless but still…