SurVision Magazine / E. Martin Pedersen

Now

Cleopatra ordered me back to Cairo
"Get your ass,
back here. Now!"
she said
But I'm not going back to Cairo
ever again,
I don't care about the truth
or consequences.

Because I'm fifty years old
which means, which means
I can do, can do anything
anything I want, anything I please
Past the point of no return
New retune tune
No debt to my folks
I can be a bad boy
all I want.

Elizabeth Taylor had my number
"Get your ass back here. NOW!"
she implored
I kept walking and still haven't quit
I'm so far gone
nobody's stopping me
now.

E. Martin Pedersen, originally from San Francisco, has lived for over 35 years in eastern Sicily where he teaches English at the local university. He is an alum of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers. His poetry has appeared most recently in Ginosko Literary Journal, Abstract Magazine, Neologism Poetry Journal, Poesis, Thirteen Myna Birds, etc.

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An international online magazine that publishes Surrealist poetry in English. Issue Seven E. MARTIN PEDERSEN Now Cleopatra ordered me back to Cairo "Get your ass, back here. Now!" she said But I'm not going back to Cairo ever again, I don't care about the truth or consequences. Because I'm fifty years old which means, which means I can do, can do anything anything I want, anything I please Past the point of no return New retune tune No debt to my folks I can be a bad boy all I want. Elizabeth Taylor had my number "Get your ass back here. NOW!" she implored I kept walking and still haven't quit I'm so far gone nobody's stopping me now. E. Martin Pedersen, originally from San Francisco, has lived for over 35 years in eastern Sicily where he teaches English at the local university. He is an alum of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers. His poetry has appeared most recently in Ginosko Literary Journal, Abstract Magazine, Neologism Poetry Journal, Poesis, Thirteen Myna Birds, etc.
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