J. J. Campbell - January 2008
 
YOU CAN THANK AN ABOVE AVERAGE BRAIN

 
 

your low self esteem
reminds me of the
urine hunters use to
attract deer
 
i can smell it through
the phone from all the
way on the other side
of the state
 
it's part of the reason
why we've clicked
so far
 
i've got years of 
knowing that
smell all too
well
 
and sadly
 
along the way
i picked up the
evil tendencies
of abuse and
manipulation
 
let alone the
most evil
of all
 
experience
 
toss in a brain that
rarely forgets and
quite frankly
 
i hope you enjoy
swimming upstream 
 
 

J.J. Campbell (b. 1976) lives, writes but mostly dies a little each day in Brookville, Ohio. He's been widely published in the small press, most recently in The Quirk, Zygote in My Coffee, Zen Baby, LauraHird.com and Underground Voices. J.J. can be reached via email at jcampb4593@aol.com.