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(on the occasion of another non-election night in the bluegrass)
kentucky still
practicing that
self-immolation
with a side of
grits
like a green tomato
slice
rolling in cornmeal
throwing itself
into a black
iron skillet
like falling off
a stolen tractor
during a hayride
driven by a
used car salesman
somebody
with a half-smoked
cig said it
good night and
good luck
Gerald L. Coleman is a Philosopher, Theologian, Poet, and Author residing in Atlanta. Born in Lexington, he did his undergraduate work in Philosophy and English at the University of Kentucky. He followed that by completing a degree in Religious Studies followed by a Master’s degree in Theology at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville. His most recent work appears in Pluck! The Journal of Affrilachian Arts & Culture, Drawn To Marvel: Poems From The Comic Books, and Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel Vol. 18. He is a speculative fiction author with short stories published in the Science Fiction, Cyberfunk, Anthology: The City and the Rococoa Anthology by Roaring Lion. He is the author of the Epic Fantasy novel When Night Falls: Book One of The Three Gifts. He is a co-founder of the Affrilachian Poets and has recently released two collections of poetry entitled the road is long and falling to earth. You can find him at geraldlcoleman.co.
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