Boyfriend New York Poems

I love it when Lisa and I take our show out and, on the road,
like this twilight helicopter flight, from New Haven to LaGuardia.
I’m so...

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Peter, Charles and I were jetting our way to Paris. I’d just woken up. I had to pee so badly it woke me up. It...

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Slang..
Chick-fil-a = the best place ever
jade = 
brooke = gorgeous 
mishin = the boss, as in “You aren’t the boss of me.”

Orpheus
We’re on vaycay. School...

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My latest piece is -1600 characters too long for the poetry section (sigh)

So it's under short stories. The URL is:

www.poetrysoup.com/short_stories/merritt_and_the_power_of_charm_10833
 
I hope you like it....

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It’s Tuesday morning. I’d thought, until Leeza corrected me, that Thanksgiving was today. 

“Thanksgiving always falls on Thursday, dorkus,” Leeza said Sunday, at breakfast (extirpating...

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part 2 of 2

“How’s school going?” Annick asked later, moving some of my fly-away hair out of my face - a trace of the maternal...

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part 1 of 2

Annick (my 28 year old sister) came down to NYC, from Boston, for a day visit. It was one of those warm,...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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blurry vision
and impaired judgement
we are in your car
the music is blastingblurry vision
and impaired judgement
we are in your car
the music is blasting
some rap song
lyrics of drugs...

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i look to stars and wishes flew through space never to be heard again
fun to friends hearts do meld and break facing until time ends
this...

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The hit single, "Don't Let It Go To Your Head," is the best song all music fans have ever heard. It was performed by Fefe...

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