Milestones
written by: Chris Callard
A new year, another birthday,
what a snore anymore.
Trying to ignore the next turn of the page,
but nobody listens to your
sluggish stage directions.
Champagne, midnight kiss, a gift, some cake.
Thanks, not ungrateful, just bored.
I’m swell, I am, even with
the swelling in my ankles.
And life does sparkle, don’t want to be
down in the mouth.
Life is truly yabba dabba do.
An abalone resting on a beautiful shell.
Sometimes, though, all I can muster is
oh well, oh well, oh well.
Chris Callard lives in Long Beach, CA. His poems have appeared in Spillwords, Chewers by Masticadores, Doublespeak, Oddball Magazine, Beach Chair Press, Five Fleas Itchy Poetry, The Writing Disorder, Ariel Chart, and One Sentence Poems. His short fiction in The Gorko Gazette, 10 by 10 Flash Fiction Stories, Maudlin House, Friday Flash Fiction, Bright Flash Literary Review, Gemini Magazine, and Flash Fiction Magazine. His work has been nominated for Best of the Net and Best Small Fictions. He can be found at - Chris Collard at Wix.
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