His name was Trotsky.
He landed on
the edge of my dinner plate,
figured whatever was mine
was also his.
I stabbed him in the back
with a toothpick.
John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in New World Writing, California Quarterly and Lost Pilots. Latest books, ”Between Two Fires”, “Covert” and “Memory Outside The Head” are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in Isotrope Literary Journal, Seventh Quarry, La Presa and Doubly Mad.