Three Poems by Eric Muller

Words in a Bottle

             rib-

  boned.       and

A                   sealed

  rolled        paper

        piece of

Asleeping beauty lying on a soft pink pillow ~~~~O

His hands trembled as he…………….r.e..a…c….h…..e……d

for this G L A S S S sss env-elope

knowing that some-‘dinc’ will be un-veiled

bUt! UnsUre if his life woUld

E_____V_____E_____R

be the same again

           same again

                   again

             …. gain….

the cork came out ease-lilly

& the cats on the papyrus

sat & watched in the margins

&                                      &

&                                      &

&                                      &

&                                      &

He placed the bottle aside [ĬĬ]

un^tied the crimson band

and b’ro’ke the emerald seal

and un-r--o---l----l----e-----d the epistle

THREE BOLD WORDS

            !     !!!!   !!!

stared at him         and he

                           fell

                           to

                           his

                           knees

              and shouted

“!YesSheDoes! ! !SheDoes!”

                ! !!!! !!!

Abandoned Couplets

Boomers and       late bloomers

fight over      who gets       the ticket.

Nowhere is      there more com-----post

than north     of the        Plum Street        com------mercial.

Shing-----les      burn through        velvet screens

turning delight     into ribbons         of red.

Filtered rancor      fuels mistakes

camouflaged with      placebo paste.

Botox wrinkles     of an       oiled cougar

con------jures     mink smiles        and money.

A hum        rattles the      loose screw

with sympathetic       vibra------tions.

In------animate      gadgets unite

to squirm       in discomfort.

No thread        is linked

least of    (all)     the red.

          Time to

      aban-----don.

Eric G. Müller is a musician, teacher and writer living in upstate New York. He has written two novels, Rites of Rock (Adonis Press 2005) and Meet Me at the Met (Plain View Press, 2010), as well as a collection of poetry, Coffee on the Piano for You (Adonis Press, 2008). Articles, short stories and poetry have appeared in many journals and magazines. www.ericgmuller.com