Issue 3 Star- Gazette

What is
Happening to
Me?
~Chris Mardiroussian
I used to be so spry,
young, energetic like
a lithium cocaine battery,
now, I’m just a grumpy,
cantankerous,
lethargic dried-up prune
that falls asleep at 10 o’clock,
pees sitting down,
and
only feasts
after six.
THE AUTHOR
Chris Mardiroussian is a graduate student at
California State University, Long Beach. In 2018,
he won First Prize in the Cinema Italian Style Film
Festival (sponsored by the prestigious American
Cinematheque in Los Angeles) for his short film
entitled IL BREAKUP, which he co-wrote and
produced. In 2017, he co-wrote a collection of
poetry entitled HONESTY. LOVES. CRUELTY. His
work has appeared in Bloom Magazine, Bluntly
Magazine, BOMBFIRE, Soul Talk Magazine, Ice
Lolly Review and elsewhere. He lives in Glendale,
California.