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

Depression

"...I wasn't letting happiness in without a fight today...."

Depression

The sun shone through the gloom outside.
The birds sung, People lived,
Kids made noise.

I locked my door and double bolted it just incase that shit tried to interrupt my gloom.

I wasn't letting happiness in without a fight today.

Fuck off!

The welcome mat was a misadvertisement.






Article © John Patrick Robbins. All rights reserved.
Published in the July 23, 2018 issue .
Image(s) are public domain.
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