May 11, 2009
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on Poem: Plumbing
Worst ever, what I blurted her plumbing didn’t work. I bit my cheek, broke skin. Your plumbing doesn’t work. I am unskilled day labor and the caulk I lay doesn’t hold. Heart palpitations glisten through saline But your plumbing … Continue reading
May 8, 2009
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on Hurricane Katrina: A Refugee’s Lament
I’ve been ruminating about Hurricane Katrina, and my life, and how the two are entwined together, recently. It’s been roughly four years since the storm hit New Orleans, when the water ripped through the city and ripped the life I … Continue reading