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Lori Romero

Lori Romero, now relocated to Los Angeles, was a founding member of The New Math Theatre Company and a co-founder of the Colorado theatre company, Hunger. She also served as Artistic Director of Friends & Artists Theatre Ensemble in LA. Her critically acclaimed play, The Running of the Grunions, was her first play. Her poems and short stories have appeared in Writer's Digest, Mystic River Review, Moxie Magazine and the Onset Review.
 

Last Call at Kelly's

The old man
Skin as thin as glaze on a donut
Teeth the tint of light mahogany
Smelling of potato mold and whiskey

The old man
Life etched deep, a perfect walnut shell
Arms sparse as slivered moons
Hair a weary wisp of careless atoms

The old man
Ears like crumpled Kleenex
Hands gnarled bonsai trees
Back a bent bridge linking head to foot

The old man
Body a scarecrow to death
Sings "Pennies From Heaven"
In a voice as clear as a Pandean pipe

Copyright © 2002 by Lori Romero

 


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