Winner Bars
The bars that poured
liquor down our throats for free
were driven out by bars
that overcharged us ruthlessly
And it’s terrible
But not much of a surprise
when you think of it
Thinking we were winning
we said winner takes all
And they took it
Where Her Legs Go
From exoteric knees
bent in fairy tales of prayer or sport
to the upper arcana
of hardcore pantyhose pornography
her legs go all the way up
Little miss galaxy pants
with nebula flush to her vulva
What of her revelation was accidental
and what was planned?
In the always-petty afternoons of summer
flecks of eternity peek
from half-revealed genitalia
Ephemeral corporeal
but even yet still
our most trusted routes and guides
through the cold centuries
Colin Dodds is the author of Another Broken Wizard, WINDFALL and The Last Bad Job, which Norman Mailer touted as showing “something that very few writers have; a species of inner talent that owes very little to other people.” His writing has appeared in more than two hundred publications, and been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the Best of the Net Anthology. Poet and songwriter David Berman (Silver Jews, Actual Air) said of Dodds’ work: “These are very good poems. For moments I could even feel the old feelings when I read them.” Colin’s book-length poem That Happy Captive was a finalist for the Trio House Press Louise Bogan Award as well as the 42 Miles Press Poetry Award in 2015. And his screenplay, Refreshment, was named a semi-finalist in the 2010 American Zoetrope Contest. Colin lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and daughter. See more of his work at thecolindodds.com.
