Spoon liked dogs, women, brandy and the novels of Somerset Maugham.
that’s just the way he was.
different.
and some people did call him different.
he thought of himself
as special.
that’s just the way it was for Spoon.
he was different, all right.
different,
when he got in the car and drove away...
special,
when he never once
thought of coming back.
Bio: Since 1970 John Yamrus has published 25 volumes of poetry and 2 novels. He has also had more than 1,800 poems published in print magazines around the world. Selections of his poetry have been translated into several languages, including Spanish, Swedish, French, Japanese, Italian, Romanian, Albanian and most recently Bengali. His poetry is taught in a number of colleges and universities. I ADMIT NOTHING is his newest book of poetry. His website is: http://www.johnyamrus.com