{"id":7477,"date":"2014-11-10T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/home\/?p=7477"},"modified":"2014-11-14T13:24:35","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T18:24:35","slug":"waiting-for-the-miracle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/waiting-for-the-miracle\/","title":{"rendered":"Waiting for the Miracle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\u201c\u2026by the power invested in me, as God of my world\u2026\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Natural Born Killers<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mallory: I dance as though fire cleanses me,<\/em><\/p>\n

my hips the rhythm of bullets while Mickey<\/em><\/p>\n

eats green pie.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Just a simple job.\u00a0 The coffee\u2019s fresh,<\/p>\n

cheap, the turkey plate\u2019s real good.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Just a simple job.\u00a0 The coffee\u2019s fresh,<\/p>\n

cheap, life a whirl of hairnets, potato hash.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mickey: There\u2019s a rhythm to eating pie, <\/em><\/p>\n

like carving the world up for your own <\/em><\/p>\n

enjoyment. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Just a simple stop.\u00a0 Cold beer, quick<\/p>\n

meal, fuck in the bathroom when lucky.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Just a simple stop.\u00a0 Cold beer, quick<\/p>\n

laugh, maybe she\u2019ll take me second.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mallory: I ain\u2019t no whore.\u00a0 My knee cracking<\/em><\/p>\n

your nose, my fist in your gut, there\u2019s your proof<\/em><\/p>\n

of it.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Mickey: Who made you my whore?\u00a0 This knife<\/em><\/p>\n

in your foot, in your gut, that\u2019s me ruling<\/em><\/p>\n

over you.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Just a simple day.\u00a0 Left alive, wet<\/p>\n

piss, hot and running down my leg.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Just a simple day.\u00a0 Just me, and<\/p>\n

the way the ceiling went all black.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And the jukebox\u2019s wailing, a god\u2019s exploding laugh\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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—<\/p>\n

Alicia Cole, a writer and editor, lives in Lawrenceville, GA, with a menagerie of animals.\u00a0 Her\u00a0poetry has recently appeared or is forthcoming in\u00a0ThirdWednesday<\/span><\/span><\/strong>,\u00a0LooseLeaf Tea<\/b>,\u00a0Mulberry Fork Review<\/b>,\u00a0Eclectica Magazine<\/b>, and\u00a0Punchnel’s<\/b>.\u00a0 Updates on her writing and editing can be found at:www.facebook.com\/AliciaColewriter<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span>http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/6470571.Alicia_Cole<\/a>. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mallory: I dance as though fire cleanses me,<\/p>\n

my hips the rhythm of bullets while Mickey<\/p>\n

eats green pie.<\/p>\n

Just a simple job. The coffee\u2019s fresh,<\/p>\n

cheap, the turkey plate\u2019s real good.<\/p>\n

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