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
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…