FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: POINT UP Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words point and/or up, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on April 18th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Point Up will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, April 19th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Joe Grieco

Proof Of Life


Remember that time you undressed me

In the old kitchen in Highland Park, in the dark?

Then you opened the door of the fridge,

Shivering in buttery light,

Showed me how your tits pointed up.

Right? Remember that?

Me neither.


Remember when SC won, you pushed me against the wall

In Tunnel 9 at the Rose Bowl.

Took a knee,

And, quick like a bunny,

Wham bam, thank you ma’am. 

Remember that?

Me neither.


Remember when you wore that lacy tiny skirt, no underpants at all,

And I was climbing stairs behind you

At Pasadena City Hall?

And you bent over like you were picking  something up.

I think you looked back at me, and winked.

You don’t remember that?

Me neither.


It’s funny how good stuff gets forgotten.

I guess when you’re married long as us....

You start to wonder did it happen?

There’s still time. We can snap a selfie.  Even video.

Capture proof of life. 

You want to give that a go? 

Me neither.


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