I just couldn’t take you anywhere.
Smoking and sputtering, drawing a scene.
You swore revenge.
You swore blood.
As entertaining as it was,
I don’t think anyone believed you.

John Madigan is a poet and writer originally from Chicago. His writing had been published in journals and magazines across the United States and Canada. He currently lives and works in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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