Monday, August 1, 2011

High Coup Journal - August 2011 Issue

(Photo by Ann Wright, Plymouth, IN)

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IN THIS ISSUE:

Brian Barnett (Frankfort, KY)

Sara Bickley (West Carrollton, OH)

Samuel Franklin (Terre Haute, IN)

Annie Perconti (Louisville, KY)

Melissa Reddish (Salisbury, MD)

Morgan Shnier (Tuscon, AZ)

Adam Tetelman (Troy, NY)

Henry Visotski (Brooklyn, NY)


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Editor's Note:

In a balance scale,
cries for heat and cries for snow
wobble to and fro.


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Morgan Shnier

i set each alarm
five hundred thirty-five clocks
i'm still late for work


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Adam Tetelman

All chaos breaks loose
Every man for himself
The network is down!

Certain doom awaits
This requires sacrifice
Send out the intern

A pair of black pants
A lecture at the chalkboard
A pair of white pants


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Brian Barnett
 
Bela Lugosi
 
He does not drink...wine
Make his a shot of morphine
Bela feels no pain
 
 
Zombie Apocalypse on Sesame Street
 
Burt in riot gear
Big Bird slain twice by head-shots
Elmo ate Grover


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Annie Perconti

there is a moment
between inhale and exhale
where all my lies stop.

I already know
that the tongue cannot create
what I hold for you.


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Melissa Reddish

He’s the kind of guy
who smirks when I eat a peach.
Yes, you know the one.
 
The rankest odor
on the face of this green earth:
A goddamn dog fart.


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Henry Visotski
 
Scent of bleach and piss,
Sleeping bum, loud shrew with cell.
Wish I drove to work.
  
The neighbor’s poodle,
While neutered as a puppy,
Still molests my leg


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Sara Bickley

Cappuccino and
cigarettes on the hottest
day so far this year.

Sunburn stops hurting
two days after you get back.
Then it starts peeling.

After this pack I
quit smoking.  I will have to
drink even faster.


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Samuel Franklin

Summer Storm

Torrential rainfall-- 
helluva water balloon 
fight up in Heaven. 

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August 2011 AWESOME SAUCE: Sara Bickley

All the girls in their
summer dresses, showing off
their year-round tattoos.




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Tryyyyyyy to remeeeeeember
a time in Septeeeeeember when
you sent in haiku!

highcoupjournal {at} gmail.com


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