Fearless by John D Robinson

‘Fearless Fred’ was of simple-mind
and he liked to drink;
one morning drunk on beer, rum and
vodka, some asshole, dared Fred to
climb out the window and scale along
to the next apartment:
we were 26 floors up:
Fearless smiled silently through
his brave beard and made for a
window:
as he did so, his wife, brought
down a cast-iron frying pan upon
the back of his head and Fearless
slumped to the floor like a sack
of apples:
‘Fuck being fearless’ she said
dropping the pan and reaching
for a glass: ‘Any other fucker
wants to kill himself, you can
fuck-off to somewhere else
and do it’ she said:
we kept quiet, looking down at
unconscious Fearless,
not yet 10:30 am,
the day was just
happening and Fearless
wasn’t going to be part
of it for a while.

John D Robinson is a UK poet: hundreds of his poems have appeared in small press zines and online literary journals His published solo chapbooks are

‘Cowboy Hats & Railways’ (Scars Press 2016)   scars.tv/

‘When You Hear The Bell, There’s Nowhere To Hide’ (Holy&intoxicated Publications 2016   sold out)

‘An Outlaw In The Making’  (Scars Publications 2017)

‘Hitting Home’  (Iron Lung Press 2018  2nd edition)   ironlungpress.bigcartel.com/about-iron–lung–press

‘In Pursuit Of  Shadows’  (Analog Submission Press 2018  sold out)  www.analogsubmission.com

‘Echoes Of Diablo’  (Concrete Meat Press 2018)  adrianmanning.wixsite.com/concretemeatpress

Too Many Drinks Ago’  (Paper & Ink Zine Publications) http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/PaperAndInkZine

Pushing Away The Hours    2018   www.lulu.com/.../john-d-robinson/pushing-away-the-hours/.../product-23872337.html 

‎ ‘Hang In There’      (Uncollected Press  2019    USA)  therawartreview.com