{"id":437,"date":"2018-10-16T03:45:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T03:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/?p=437"},"modified":"2018-09-05T03:52:48","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T03:52:48","slug":"poetry-by-rich-glinnen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/2018\/10\/16\/poetry-by-rich-glinnen\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry by Rich Glinnen"},"content":{"rendered":"
Rich Glinnen is a market researcher by day and a writer by night. He enjoys bowling, and drinking red wine with his cats at his home in Bayside, NY. He\u2019s currently nominated for the 2017 Best of the Net Anthology. His poesy can be read in Kenneth Warren\u2019s Lakewood House Organ, at foliateoak.com<\/a>, petrichormag.com<\/a>, and richglinnen.tumblr.com<\/a>. His fianc\u00e9 calls him Taco.<\/em><\/h6>\n

 <\/p>\n

First Dance<\/h3>\n

It looms
\nLike Medusa,
\nRiddled in
\nBlack tulle,
\nEnormous at the
\nEnd of
\nSummer<\/p>\n

A hanging ghoul
\nTo pass through\u2014
\nIce already
\nPricks my
\nChest<\/p>\n

Day of:
\nThe only eyes
\nI see
\nAre the 100
\nReflected
\nIn yours\u2014two orbs
\nChocked with
\nTarantulas. Let us
\nCombust,
\nGod<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll waltz
\nAs one in
\nThe sanctity of
\nOur own private
\nBurn ward\u2014
\nLaden
\nWith Vicodin,
\nTwo arched
\nWillows
\nStaggering to
\nRadiohead
\nAnd a
\nSteady
\nBeep.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Touch of Gray<\/h3>\n

As flurries
\nCake, trees
\nGrow cords
\nOf gray<\/p>\n

Pantless, I watch
\nThe massive
\nDeadheads
\nSway.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Summer Cat<\/h3>\n

The long days smear themselves like
\nSunshine across my face,
\nCarving wrinkled canyons and
\nSculpting carcinoma<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve endured the northeast\u2019s
\nWild winters for a peek
\nAt glorious gold, only to
\nBe slapped with rash,
\nSerenated by disembodied voices
\nWhile napping indoors.
\nWhen I stir awake, the cats
\nAnd I blink at each other
\nUntil our bellies
\nCrave crackers\u2014
\nProvide objective<\/p>\n

Dozing and eating\u2014
\nI am a summer cat,
\nBound to home
\nNever to tan.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Stray Song<\/h3>\n

Its swampy song
\nClambers through my window,
\nRounding both of my cats
\nFrom slumber,
\nInviting them
\nTo screw<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re fixed,\u201d I inform the
\nStray, bare-bellied, barely buzzed,
\n\u201cThere ain\u2019t nothin\u2019 in them\u201d<\/p>\n

All three are undeterred
\nBy this\u2014what I deemed\u2014
\nUseful information. Still
\nThey stare\u2014a standoff.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the vagrant hopes
\nA certain melody
\nWill regenerate
\nOvaries and testes
\n(Not sure how the
\nStray swings)<\/p>\n

Either way, its got
\nA better shot
\nAt love
\nThan most.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

MemorBrie<\/h3>\n

Ah, cheese\u2014
\nSuch variant goodness,
\nSo dear to us
\nWe utter her
\nMouth-watering
\nMoniker
\nWhile photos
\nFlash\u2014
\nGlommed onto
\nMemories
\nThrough lippy
\nSmiles.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Unmade Man<\/h3>\n

Always thought I\u2019d be further
\nBy now,
\nHad dreams of psychology
\nAnd piles of sex and boats, office
\nExploding swarthy wood<\/p>\n

Was it ever realistic, for faces
\nAlways haunted me\u2014
\nThe slightest brashness
\nEqualed sleepless nights,
\nWhat-if-they\u2019re-right\u2019s,
\nMeaning of truth,
\nHatred,
\nLove\u2014
\nBut all the kinds
\nDisassociated
\nWith success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rich Glinnen is a market researcher by day and a writer by night. He enjoys bowling, and drinking red wine with his cats at his home in Bayside, NY. He\u2019s currently nominated for the 2017 Best of the Net Anthology. His poesy can be read in Kenneth Warren\u2019s Lakewood House Organ, at foliateoak.com, petrichormag.com, and … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa867U-73","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":439,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions\/439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}