I Changed the Shower Curtain Liner Today
1
I am as alive as the slime in the
bathtub, too long unwashed, and so
hidden behind two vinyl curtains
because one might not be enough, might
allow a glimpse, however filtered and
hazy, of my deteriorating essence.
Thankfully the filter works both ways,
provides a comforting fog to obscure
the chaos of the world from my eyes.
2
I am as animated as the phases
of the moon captured in black and white
photographs stapled together, a flip-book.
Still I can sit and ponder eternity
as the world spins past my window
here at the hub of everything
where time hangs like a noose and I
contemplate wars and gods, two human
inventions, and wonder which is real.
Brian Mosher resides in Mansfield, MA. His work has appeared in Blood and Bourbon, Lily Poetry Review, Literary Underground, Nixes Mate, Anomaly Poetry, eMerge, Esoterica, and others. He received Honorable Mention in the Joe Gouviea Outermost Poetry Contest, and his short story “Fragments” was a winner of the Nikki Hanna Literary Challenge. His most recent books are the collection, A Muster of Melodious Musings (2025 Metaphysical Fox Press); Double Vision, a collaboration with artist Becky Haletky (2026); and the chapbook Relict (2026 Finishing Line Press).
His website is Phlubbermatic: (www.phlubbermatic.blogspot.com).
