Mike Barney

No Threat To The Boys

Everyone likes
the angry women carrying briefcases
they never lie
and
unlike the sylphs of books
who mislay their virtue at a strategic moment
never slip away into the wood and call to you
through the moonlight
until you begin to imagine
that there are better ways of spending your life
than in buying another round.



Mike Barney writes: I practice law in Michigan, write because I must (either that or suicide) and have been widely but shallowly published in a variety of obscure magazines, both print and on-line (which almost always cease publication shortly after my stuff has appeared) such as The Blue Review, JavaSnob Review, Vent, and Furry Chiclets.



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