Some just want to watch the world burn. Others bring marshmallows on whittled sticks. I toss in so-called “facts” and feed the Myth. And then there’s you, a full-blown cistern leading the fire brigade, buckets of water passed hand over fist, hose swollen with accolades. You never were one to turn a helluva good time into something hotter. What’s the matter? Too much to lose? Too little to learn? Your morals? Your code? Your imprimatur? Why so serious? Everything Must Go!! Paradise for the few demands an Inferno.
John Martino is a writer and educator currently residing in Hong Kong. His poems have appeared in Another Chicago Magazine, Connotation Press, The Bitchin' Kitsch, BOMBFIRE, and the anthology Envy: 7 Deadly Sins (Vol. 6) from Pure Slush Books, among others.
