Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

Time to Tell

"...all the bums that voted against him..."

Time to Tell

I got to shake a little bit
at the major's birthday party

dancing with his dog
in the backyard
barbeque

his wild wife joining me
and the dog
in a trot right out the back gate
into the alley

where we started a bigger party
with all the bums
that voted against him

telling stories
of what they've seen

from behind his fence.







Article © Stephen Jarrell Williams. All rights reserved.
Published in the April 1, 2024 issue .
Image(s) are public domain.
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