Poet J.D. Hallmark is the associate editor of AntiMuse. He resides in Tennessee, and is currently pursuing a degree in education.

View the rest of the poems from J.D. Hallmark in the August 2004 edition:

• Timebomb tickin
• Not Just Another Drinking Poem?

Timebomb tickin
by J.D. Hallmark

Timebomb tickin
You heard me cry
Upon the ledge

Yesterday
John found rope
Jim found more

Today
I know the
     drill
      too well

I don’t need
      Solitude
      Dramatic words
Just a spot
       all my own

Tomorrow
Headlines leak

Another fly
      hit the glass.