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

Jungen

"Ponce de Leon went looking for the Fountain of Youth..."

Jungen

Ponce de Leon went looking for the
Fountain of Youth
and found it
but kept it a secret
because he wanted to build
a theme-park on the
site, with Ferris-wheel and
hot dog stand, but
word leaked-out
downstream
and all the bastards around
started hauling bucket-fulls
back to their homes
to bathe in
the stuff
and soon
the fountain went dry
and everyone of
those bastards got old
quick
because its hard work
hauling them buckets
out the jungle.






Article © Wayne F. Burke. All rights reserved.
Published in the October 5, 2020 issue .
Image(s) are public domain.
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