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

Get up to sit-up

"6:08 AM bird peeps from meadows of fire..."

Get up to sit-up

6:08 AM bird peeps
from meadows of
fire --
a crow's lament --
six-inch nails
and crossbar,
get off of it
and backstroke --
croak, you frog
forever and anon
the quotidian nightmare
the brown chair
Europe,
Mars,
bubblegum cigars
the beautiful uselessness of
sun rise and
set,
like a trust fund baby
among the stiffs,
driven-in
head-first.






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