Tenderly

From Ben Webster

In the soft light, slowly peeling
away the layers of the pain,
leaving her naked in the air,
leaving her without her skin.

Last week, I read poetry
at the library

& the cops arrested
a young woman
for conduct
unbecoming a poetry lover -

She was embarrassing -
my God! -
she threw her panties at me
wildly screaming & dancing!

^

Biography

Tom Fallon characterizes himself as "a human being who writes" from a small insignificant town in Maine. He has published in Animus, The Cafe Review, La Riviere Review, The Puckerbrush Review, Wisconsin Review, SpaceBreather and Wolf Moon Press, etc. Editor of Apples & Oranges online poetry magazine, moderator of Maine Writing, a discussion forum of Maine literature,
and staunch promoter of e-publication. He has two ms. making the rounds, Noland and Bastard Leaves, having published Through a Stranger's Eyes, Atlanta's Children and The Man on the Moon.