Poet R. Thomas resides in Tennessee.

View the rest of the poems from R. Thomas in the February 2004 edition:

• beg ya not to shatter
• she's eating tru crime novels
• wall thumpin mad
• tha justified felon

i beg ya not ta shatter
by R. Thomas

     i beg ya not ta shatter
     all tha schemes i share
          that Matter

     though they do resemble
Bottles
     in your own
          forbidden cabinet