A STACK OF OLD ZINES

I light up another cigarette

a Menthol 100

and consider looking through

this stack of old zines.

The cat is asleep on top of them

and I don't want to wake her.

I pour another coffee

and ponder writing something

for somebody elses zine.

I sit alone in this chair

me, the cat

and a stack of old zines.

Old hip-hop playing

in the background

my thoughts come incomplete

and I wait

for what?

for my girlfriend to get home

for an old friend to call me back

for something

to come out of this pen

besides scratches of incomplete thoughts.

I do this a lot

scribble, scratch out

ponder what is happening

consider what I'll write

but life is 90% action

and unless I write

scribble, write

I'll have nothing to show

just this stack of old zines

and me

in a smoky apartment

pondering, considering.....waiting.

About Steven Purkey:

Steven Purkey resides in the Pacific Northwest where he divides his time between his zine, Modus Operandi and his band The Filthy Nightmares. He is currently between jobs, but is looking, so if ya got any leads let him know. Seriously, he needs a job.