A STORMY NIGHT AS THE ELECTRICITY GOES ON AND OFF

The falling rain
sounds like a
huge crackling campfire
and the dog is
under the bed pretending
to be the cat.

Everyone on TV
is dancing a weird tango
(especially the politicians)
and the radio refuses
to be coherent.

A Brahms sonata
is waffling up from
the garbage disposal
and the thunder is
plummeting through the
Oregon wilderness,
screeching like Big Foot
with a shovel jammed
up his anus.


About Doug Draime:
Doug Draime’s most recent book is More Than The Alley, released in 2012 by Interior Noise. Also available are four chapbooks: Dusk With Carol (Kendra Steiner Editions), In Back Of Madam Wong’s (Epic Rites/Tree Killer Press), Los Angeles Terminal: Poems 1971-1980 (Covert Press), and an online chap: Speed Of Light (Right Hand Pointing). Doug was Awarded small PEN grants in 1987, 1991, and 1992. In more recent years, he has been nominated for several Pushcart Prizes.