Picaroon Poetry - Issue #4 - September 2016
Issue #4 has arrived on your shores, this time bringing - amongst other things - murder (of a sort), mayhem (of many sorts), rather interesting bedroom shenanigans (just the one thankfully), and a rather more liberal use of the c-word than we'd usually contain (look away if this offends). CN/TW for child abuse, miscarriage. Features work by Nancy Iannucci, Cathryn Shea, Kevin Casey, Jeffrey Kingman, Ricky Garni, Paul Vaughan, Andie Berryman, Caroline Hardaker, Maurice Devitt, Daniel Roy Connelly, Al McClimens, Grant Tarbard, Meygan Cox, Anna Percy, Matt Duggan, Lizzie Holden, Holly Magill, Evie Worrall, Justin Hilliard, Antony Owen, Larry D. Thacker, R.A. Clemens, Lauren Suchenski, Amy Rea, Darren C. Demaree, and Courtney Lavender.
Issue #4 has arrived on your shores, this time bringing - amongst other things - murder (of a sort), mayhem (of many sorts), rather interesting bedroom shenanigans (just the one thankfully), and a rather more liberal use of the c-word than we'd usually contain (look away if this offends). CN/TW for child abuse, miscarriage. Features work by Nancy Iannucci, Cathryn Shea, Kevin Casey, Jeffrey Kingman, Ricky Garni, Paul Vaughan, Andie Berryman, Caroline Hardaker, Maurice Devitt, Daniel Roy Connelly, Al McClimens, Grant Tarbard, Meygan Cox, Anna Percy, Matt Duggan, Lizzie Holden, Holly Magill, Evie Worrall, Justin Hilliard, Antony Owen, Larry D. Thacker, R.A. Clemens, Lauren Suchenski, Amy Rea, Darren C. Demaree, and Courtney Lavender.
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Esprit de Corps<br />
Larry D. Thacker<br />
“No live plants,” ought to have told us something was up.<br />
“No more than two personal framed photos,” was another clue,<br />
along with never opening our windows or adjusting the air.<br />
And when we all were instructed to come to the pot luck,<br />
lined up alphabetically, holding our assigned food dishes,<br />
only allowed in if wearing our name tags and properly attired<br />
in khakis and polos, as the rumors circulated that our offices<br />
were being inspected as we attended the mandatory gathering,<br />
many of us were just “happy to have a job in this economy,”<br />
and enjoyed a meal of fellowship and school spirit as we<br />
listened to how wonderful the coming year would be<br />
if we all just tightened our already tight belts and understood<br />
the factory-like efficiency benefits of “limiting all personal<br />
belongings equivalent to a single box for ease to pack up<br />
at a moment’s notice while observed by an immediate<br />
supervisor and an officer and carried with minimal strain<br />
on our backs while making way to our vehicles as to avoid<br />
any liabilities.” The laugh-track skipped a few times during<br />
the presentation, but the communications department worked<br />
out the kinks. While a surprise at first, it was all much easier<br />
to understand once the soul extraction options #1 and #2<br />
were explained at the required annual insurance presentations.<br />
Examples of an eased professional existence had been<br />
provided by leadership for some time it was explained.<br />
We were expected not only to comply, but to do so gladly.<br />
Everyone was also invited to this spring’s Margaretville Cruise.
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