Poems
by Brendan McBreen






Sam Jones                          






it's been three weeks

since the portal to Hell
opened up
in our back yard

we've gotten used to it

even Grandma

she met fiery arch-demon
she trades recipes with

we have to make substitutions though

like instead of the souls of un-baptized children

we use kale












Sandy

Sandy used to love shell fish

but one night

she had a dream
a crab was talking to her
and an oyster threatened to sue

the last time we took her to a seafood restaurant
she screamed at the clams
and ran out through traffic
waving her arms chanting Tibetan sutras

now she's living in a log cabin
somewhere deep in the woods

she's a vegetarian
and writes historical romance novels

except
her main characters
are all lobsters





















Guillermo Lorca, Animal God                                           









Brendan McBreen's first book of poetry, Cosmic Egg, is available from MoonPath Press.