{"id":2640,"date":"2012-06-20T09:25:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T13:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/wpblog\/?p=2640"},"modified":"2012-07-30T15:10:29","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T19:10:29","slug":"living-with-rats-and-other-poems-by-jonas-kyle-sidell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/living-with-rats-and-other-poems-by-jonas-kyle-sidell\/","title":{"rendered":"Living with Rats and Other Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Living with Rats<\/strong><\/p>\n

They\u2019re sneaky, quick, stealth,
\nlike a robber.\u00a0 Like a world-class<\/p>\n

So I hold a broomstick<\/em><\/p>\n

thief.\u00a0 Climb a wall, collapse
\nunder a doorway, these things<\/p>\n

in bed \u2013 clutch it<\/em><\/p>\n

are unstoppable.\u00a0 They\u2019ll eat their way out
\nthe room<\/p>\n

to my breast.\u00a0 Surprisingly,<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m fearin\u2019 they\u2019ll enter. . . Can be here
\nat any moment, in fact, probably are!<\/p>\n

I feel better.\u00a0 I\u2019m ready to whack<\/em><\/p>\n

roving the downstairs
\nmy bullshit existence; sticking their whiskers<\/p>\n

those suckers.<\/em><\/p>\n

into my business.\u00a0 I\u2019m forced
\nto think about this.<\/p>\n

This Morning<\/strong><\/p>\n

I wanna write the perfect love song
\nthis morning.<\/p>\n

I<\/em><\/p>\n

Forlorn, lost, wandering,
\nwondering, translucent,
\ntranscendent;<\/p>\n

re-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LUCK<\/p>\n

tant-
\nly<\/p>\n

giving in, now. . .<\/p>\n

Simply:<\/p>\n

can\u2019t believe it.<\/em><\/p>\n

found myself here
\nwith you.<\/p>\n

A Little Help<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do you remember
\nwalking around in Berlin
\nright after you broke up
\nwith your girlfriend?<\/p>\n

You feel that today in Baltimore.
\n<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And if, if you could stop all this,<\/em><\/p>\n

And there were no words
\nleft, or rather,
\nthey had yet to form,<\/p>\n

you would \u2013 everything leaving,
\n<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 a stamp for some
\n<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 future postcard.\u00a0 Everybody walking;<\/em><\/p>\n

and the sunlight was so
\nnaked! and every \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 single \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 thing,
\nespecially every one
\nwas heartbreaking.\u00a0 <\/em>Why was that?<\/p>\n

bleeding, loving, losing, laughing,
\n<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 tearing
\n<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 each other to bits, themselves<\/em><\/p>\n

You were so
\nraw,
\nand more than a little afraid
\nof stepping away, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 stepping out \u2013<\/p>\n

apart, trying
\n<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 not to cry.\u00a0 Such a slow moan,<\/em><\/p>\n

you had hid long enough. . .\u00a0 And do you remember
\neven before that, walking around downtown Atlanta,
\nfeeling that time out of time,<\/p>\n

and all we can do is carry on.<\/em><\/p>\n

a deep extended breeze blowing, You\u2019re not really here?<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>—-<\/p>\n

Jonas Kyle-Sidell is an adjunct English teacher at CCBC Catonsville.\u00a0 He is currently seeking book publishment for his book, “Outta Time, in Love,” a collection of these collage-like poems.\u00a0 He’s previously had poems published in the Los Angeles Review, Main Street Rag, Gargoyle, Pearl, Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, Smile Hon! You’re in Baltimore, Paradigm, The Melancholy Dane, and Welter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Living with Rats They\u2019re sneaky, quick, stealth, like a robber.\u00a0 Like a world-class So I hold a broomstick thief.\u00a0 Climb a wall, collapse under a doorway, these things in bed \u2013 clutch it are unstoppable.\u00a0 They\u2019ll eat their way out the room to my breast.\u00a0 Surprisingly, I\u2019m fearin\u2019 they\u2019ll enter. . . Can be here […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,223,219,199,220],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2640"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3609,"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640\/revisions\/3609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}