Is triskadekaphobia
just another phobia,
illogical, irrational
but not quite pathological?
Or does that thirteen angst and dread
reflect the fate for which we’re bred,
when innocence begins to flee
and we confront reality?
Maurice O’Sullivan, a former teamster, jail guard and pub owner, found a way to combine those skills as an award-winning teacher, editor, columnist, and film maker who lives in Orlando, Florida. His most recent book, Have You Not Hard of Floryda, surveys 300 years of Florida’s colonial literature. www.MauriceOSullivan.com