Friday, March 30, 2012

March 30


March 30


I run to the door hopeful
that he is there
but my brown eyes swim
with terror
as I open the door
to the gunk of all my
yesterdays
rotting in the hollow
of my skull.
I sit at the kitchen table
nibbling on the bonbon
of sin
until I cast off my identity
musing
on the scent of gardenias,
lost in a subtle metaphor
of blood festering
in a crypt.

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Ortiz grew up between San Juan and Chicago, studied English literature at Inter-American University in San German, Puerto Rico, and philosophy at World University. He was an ESL teacher most of his life but also worked with the elderly blind population as a Daily Living Skills Instructor at the El Paso Lighthouse for the Blind, and the Texas Lions Camp. He studied culinary art at The Restaurant School in Philadelphia and became a chef. His work has been published in over 255 print journals, e-zines, and anthologies. Flutter Press released his debut chapbook, At the Tail End of Dusk, in October of 2009. Ronin Press released his second chapbook: topography of a desire in May of 2010. His photographs have been published or are forthcoming in: W5RAn.com, The Neglected Ratio, The Monongahela Review, and more. His poems were recently published, or are forthcoming in: The Battered Suitcase, Poor Mojo's Almanac(k), WTF PWM, The 13th Warrior Review, Dark Lady Poetry, and Writers’ Bloc.

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