by Deborah Bayer | Jan 19, 2023 | Chapbook Poems, Poems, Poems (2004 - 2015)
I’m Still Your Doctor I happen to be there when you’re admitted. My job is to keep you alive at any cost. Lucky for you that I have experience & I’m really good at diagnosing the opportunistic diseases of AIDS. So when you have the bad luck to have a...
by Deborah Bayer | Jan 12, 2023 | Chapbook Poems, Poems, Poems (2004 - 2015)
Pucker The gods line up to kiss my left breast. Divine dimples appear as I raise my left arm. A star appears on my windshield too when a wayward stone strikes on the expressway, loud as a gun’s report. I duck under glass, wounded again. Asterisk marks the spot....
by Deborah Bayer | Jan 5, 2023 | Chapbook Poems, Poems, Poems (2004 - 2015)
Bird Neck What’s my basic unit of currency? It’s not dollars. Each patient makes a withdrawal. What’s the exchange rate? It’s not Medicare payments. Each prayer makes a deposit. Fifteen years since he tested poz. His first doctor visit with me is supposed to last...
