we could’ve had the world instead we’ve got cell phones our heads buried up our asses as a fat fascist sits in the white house perfecting the art of grift while on the groggy morning subway train the tinny tick tock of last year’s big summer hit plays on repeat. John Grochalski is the author of …
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Aug 01
middle aged men at the best buy geek squad tech center by John Grochalski
middle aged men at the best buy geek squad tech center one of us is here because he has a virus he was downloading an unreleased e-book he says but it was probably porn i’m there because i’m too scared and stupid to do basic set up on the new laptop i paid $1000 for …
Jul 18
guy eating grocery store sushi on the midnight d train by John Grochalski
guy eating grocery store sushi on the midnight d train it’s midnight on the d train which means this city’s turned back into a rotted-out pumpkin there’s a man vaping making the train car smell like strawberries and weed another guy is drinking a gallon of whole milk and spoon eating peanut butter out of …
May 23
2 poems by John Grochalski
punching billy croce, age 6 the exhilaration of two combatants meeting center ring and that’s what our big concrete communal backyard was back then a boxing ring a baseball field in the center of the stinking city billy flying out of his backdoor full of piss and vinegar as i remember it flesh on flesh …


