Melanie Browne's work has been published at Word Riot, Writer's Bloc (Rutgers) Bartleby Snopes, Glossolalia, Madswirl,  and Ink, Sweat and Tears. She lives in Texas with her husband and three children.

Three Poems (Issue 14.)

Digging a hole to China (Issue 13.)

Three Poems (February 20, 2009. Issue 14.)

Bartender

Bartender, do you have any bar snacks?

my brandied -soul
has been cut into
bite- size pieces,

my battlefield- bones
have been
scattered
in the
Wilderness

Your Ghost Town Body

Your ghost town body
With its silver spurs
dig deeper
in my thighs,
I am not your Pretty Polly
I am not your Omie Wise,
Your ghost –town
body
With its spinning
silver spurs,
(a body
crushing mine)

A Panoramic view of the Stars

We
Will go to
Breakfast
At Denny’s

You might read
Me An article
From the
Newspaper

I might
Order a large
Orange juice

You will sip
Your coffee
& give me
A Panoramic view
of the Stars

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Digging a hole to China (January 20, 2010. Issue 13.)

My son
Wants to dig a hole
And then
make a car
that goes really fast
and then drive that car all
the way to China

It’s a solid plan
that just might work
this time.

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