(sample poem)

Dish Water

Oblong shadows on the wall

vibrant acrylic splashed

on rotting window frames

six-thousand dollars for

something my infant

could imagine

Asian couples in the corner 

dreaming deep into

the chandelier

Jamaican brothers locking 

lips in the shadows

cooling cobwebs beneath

the stairwell

A bloody scuffle in

the men’s room coke line 

when Bryan only needs

to piss his dirty

martini away

The cockroach sliding 

slowly down the 

Guinness trail

and the French woman 

screaming

All of these happenings 

all of this life

being missed while 

thinking of you

with my arms in this murky 

dish water,

trying to find my way

home.

 - Cambridge Jenkins IV

Cambridge writes, edits, and self-publishes. He has shared at many Atlanta venues, including The Apache Cafe , Java Monkey Speaks , and the National Black Arts Festival . Revenge of the Pink Pony (2008)  and Aint No Grits (2010) are his most recent completed works.

www.cambridgewrites.com