Yellow Mama E zine

remain calm

 

by J.J. Campbell

 

 

watching the hurricane

strike jamaica

 

somewhere i hear bob

marley telling everyone

to remain calm

 

they don’t make drugs

like that anymore

 

still laughing at the therapist

back here in comfort

 

he seemed a little too happy

to see the strikingly beautiful

woman waiting to see him in

the waiting room

 

of course, i have a dirty

mind

 

so the mundane always

tends to end up as some

porn i watched in my 20s

 

godspeed to the island

 

paradise is never far away

 

 

 

          J.J. Campbell (1976–?) is old enough to know better. He's been widely published over the years, most recently at Synchronized Chaos, The Beatnik Cowboy, Mad Swirl, Disturb the Universe Magazine and The Rye Whiskey Review. You can find him most days in Ohio taking care of his disabled mother. He tries his best to maintain his mildly entertaining blog, evil delights. (https://evildelights.blogspot.com)

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         Bernice Holtzman’s paintings and collages have appeared in shows at various venues in Manhattan, including the Back Fence in Greenwich Village, the Producer’s Club, the Black Door Gallery on W. 26th St., and one other place she can’t remember, but it was in a basement, and she was well received. She is the Assistant Art Director for Yellow Mama.