Sunday, January 23, 2022

A STAR IS TORN By Michael N. Thompson



Everything’s a ceremony

in the arena of the damned


Beneath the glare and excess,

there’s a sadness knowing

beatitude’s nowhere to be found



Banality breeds the vanity blues

and death cults of personality


Drugstore cowboys

and reverse cowgirls

are automatic cliches 


There are more lives in transit

than a downtown bus station

but everybody takes a ride

on the Catherine Wheel


This is Nathanael west country 

where the sturm und drang of prestige

turns into sugar water

and the air strangles worse

than Ken Bianchi in 1977


Its less a city of angels

and more the gates to hell


The Marquis De Sade

would feel right at home






Michael N. Thompson likes bacon, cats and fantasy football. His poetry has appeared in numerous literary journals including Word Riot, Toronto Quarterly and San Pedro River Review. He is the author of four poetry collections, the most recent being A Murder Of Crows published by University of Hell Press. www.michaelnthompson.com

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