2 Poems by Nicholas Bon | Micro-Poetry | #thesideshow

Notes

the notes the sky left behind

were just there to distract me

I stopped reading them

like I stopped reading the news

sugar & memory     I burned

the shopping carts of youth

have I ever told you that everything

I keep on my shelf is an excuse?

how I built this whole house on denial

and desire never fulfilled

how little I care for so many

things I used to die for

I sold my guitar & filled

its case with night

Broken Glass

the plants & the water

the glass & the hammer

the way we relate

champagne & celebration

celebration & sadness

vintage muscle car

with the top down

remembering a birthday

broken glass on the street

ugly animatronics

everybody knowing

everybody but me

christmas lights

wrapped around my body

so I can bring a spectacle

with me     wherever I go

About the Author

Nicholas Bon lives in Georgia, where he edits Epigraph Magazine. You can find his recent poems in Spy Kids Review, Sea Foam Mag, Ghost City Review, and elsewhere. Visit him online at nicholasbon.com.