I SAID ERICA RHODES

I said "Erica Rhodes" to the shadows
so they'd leave me to my Pinter. I walked about 

because I didn't know where about went. I

needed the kind of reassurance priests arrogate. I

needed to know the conjuration "Erica Rhodes"

worked like the God's best table tennis. I

needed to believe in the beauty,

friends, the beauty of

this final word.

About Corey Mesler:

Corey Mesler has published in numerous journals and anthologies. He is the author of four novels, 2 books of short stories, 2 full-length collections of poetry, as well as numerous chapbooks of poetry and prose.  He and his wife own Burke’s Book Store in Memphis TN.