6 hrs on a Saturday. By jck hnry

back in college

i had a one-unit Saturday.

writing class.  Six hours,

$86 bucks, pass-fail.

the instructor came

down from Los Angeles

to the desert campus

to teach about publishing,

editing, formatting, & related.

she ran a big poetry press &

looked great in her jeans, boots, &

Ramones tee shirt.

i sat in the back of the room.

watched intently.

listened closely,

& finally grew restless.

by that time i had been

guest editor on a dozen

on-line or print journals,

ran my own press, had

a journal & thought i knew

it all.

at noon we walked across the street

for lunch. i drank five beers.

smoked three cigarettes &

said fuck a lot.

the instructor cozied up to me,

we were close in age.  she

whispered in my ear, ‘you

don’t give a fuck, do you?’

i smiled, squeezed her thigh a

bit higher than one might

expect, & kissed her.

she kissed me back.

in the back of the classroom

i finished the day

writing risqué poems

about a big time, poetry publisher

& a two-bit, broken down

poet.  she read them standing

next to her car in the

parking light under a dimming

sun.

i passed the class & fulfilled

every line of risqué poetry.

not bad for $86 bucks & six

hours on a Saturday -

jck hnry is a neo-modernist, post-apocalyptic writer, living in the hard scrub of a californian desert.  after a 10 year hiatus hnry is back at it.  recent publications include:  Deuce Coupe, Rye Whiskey Review, Razur Cuts, Cajun Mutt, Dissident Voices, Horror Sleaze Trash, Bold Monkey, Red Fez, dope fiend daily and a bunch of other noble zines and journals.  Chapbooks/Books: “Snow in Summer and the Playground is Closed,” “Empty Houses-Kendra Steiner Editions,” “the Downtown Cafe (Erbacce Press),” “With the Patience of Monuments (neoPoesis) ,” “Crunked, (Epic Rites)” and “the Righthand Curve of a Continuous Circle. (Blunt Trauma Press).”  hnry is also editor and publisher of "Heroin Love Songs, V2.0, 7thEd" available now. for more go to jackhenry.wordpress.com.