Pardon Me For Interrupting by Zev Torres

Pardon me for interrupting.   

These words have been clamoring to escape 

Tearing apart my mouth my mind 

Digging tunneling  

Making a racket  

Keeping me awake 

Distracting me from my chores and responsibilities. 

Bear with me.  

Pretend that you are sitting by a fountain  

And these words are as pleasant and refreshing 

As a wind-tossed spray  

On a scorching summer day.  

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Zev Torres is a writer and spoken word performer whose poetry has appeared in numerous publications including Otherwise Engaged, My Father Taught Me, Flora Fiction, Kitchen Sink Magazine, Three Rooms Press’ Maintenant 15, The Pine Cone Review, and several great weather for MEDIA anthologies. His latest collection of poetry is entitled Stalactites and Stalagmites (2021). In 2010, Zev founded the Skewered Syntax Poetry and Pub Crawls.