You train-jumping vagabond tramp, only home you know is a camp, ashen-shoed as you move on through sidestreets, foot trails, Route 62.
Roaming spirit, you’re a rumor, haint with a whiskey-flask humor, orphan from the carnival glow, dressed for jazz, but a geek sideshow.
Sometimes you hum low to yourself, or sing aloud like a drunk elf, voice like a shovelful of slate, heavy and coarse, yet free from weight.
Will you find what you’re looking for, rambling state to state, door to floor? Or is it the walk you’re after? Hounding moonlight, girls, and laughter.
The horizon rolls to meet you like a stray dog slow to greet you and though you do not pet its brow the world wags its tail—take a bow.
Stephen Marshall. Writer, illustrator, layabout. Find him on Amazon, maybe. He has paperback and kindle books listed there. He seems to have a knack for the Romance genre, much to his chagrin. Having pursued Children's literature he is particularly proud of his Children's novel series "Lost And Found", which begins with "Chloe Among The Clover", continues recently with "Stormy Within The Strawberry Patch" and may, in some future potentiality, culminate with "Candice Through The Picket Fence". These are novels for children (including his insistent nephew), but they are also written for adults who are children at heart. His short story collection, "The Eldritch Diaries", centers primarily upon Cosmic Horror and Body Horror, combining Lovecraft's mythos with the motifs of Sigmund Freud. His largest poetry collection, "Broken Crown Kings", contains over two hundred poems and two short novellas concerning the fleeting nature of the world and Man's place within it. Recently he has published a smaller book of poetry concerning Kentucky, Moonshine, and Ghosts called "Moonshine And Spirit Chasers". A much larger collection, entitled '"Nevermore" 99 Rhymes For $0.99' is also available. For those seeking supernatural and folklore, his collection "Weeping Cherry" is available also. The copy in print features original watercolor illustrations.
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