by Jim Ross
Lifeboat?
I clean my house so visitors won’t see the dirt. They don’t know what they’re missing. Naturally, the more you say you’re in love, the less you are, but to set the record straight, there’s actually no law against buying and selling human remains. Nevertheless, spending too much time foraging for food can lead to thorny legal problems.
From the outside in, clothes make the mannequin, but what’s so unnerving about ambiguity? For example, the global fear industry, despite its subterranean invisibility, is completely clear and transparent. They hold a monopoly on terror. Of course, the pressure to be positive has never been greater, so let’s hope they are the heartfelt captains of our fate. Even if that lifeboat is made of water.
Brad Rose was born and raised in Los Angeles, and lives in Boston. He is the author of five collections of poetry and flash fiction: Lucky Animals, No. Wait. I Can Explain, Pink X-Ray, de/tonations, and Momentary Turbulence. His poetry collection WordInEdgeWise, is forthcoming in late 2024. Eight times nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and three times nominated for the Best of the Net Anthology,Brad’spoetry and fiction have appeared in, The American Journal of Poetry, The Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Review, New York Quarterly, Lunch Ticket, Puerto del Sol, Clockhouse, Folio, Best Microfiction (2019), Action Spectacle, Right Hand Pointing, and other journals and anthologies. His website is www.bradrosepoetry.com https://www.facebook.com/bradrosepoetry/ https://soundcloud.com/bradrose1https://twitter.com/LolaluvsRichard https://substack.com/profile/15195638-brad-rosehttps://www.threads.net/@moomoocamus.
Jim Ross jumped into creative pursuits in 2015 after rewarding research career. With graduate degree from Howard University, in nine years he’s published nonfiction, fiction, poetry, photography, hybrid, interviews, and plays in 200 journals on five continents. Best-of-the-Net nominated, his photo publications include Burningword, Camas, Feral, Phoebe, Stonecoast. Photo-essays include Kestrel, Pilgrimage, Sweet, Typehouse. Jim’s family splits time between city and mountains. https://www.instagram.com/abracadabra5476.