Defenestration

Quirks of Grammar & Keyboard

By Quentin B. Huff

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1.

Tiger’s flag
emerges above
fields of green.

^

What the Black man saw;
What the “Indian” lived in;
god deemed as less than.

Q

Magnifying glass
broken when the editor
caught sixteen typos.

&

My yoga teacher
in the lotus position
brings foot to forehead.

re-

Whatever you do,
I’ve done before and betcha
I’ll do it again!

%

Married to boredom,
her husband laid on his back:
what the mistress saw.

*

Explosion of black.
Lost negatives of Nasa’s
first photos from space.

$

Left breast and pole.

( )

Love’s invitation
to return and cradle ourselves;
a throbbing entrance.

A

Color in the tip—
either a mountain appears
or a pencil lead.

#

Telescopic lens
captures Serena’s speeding
racket strings close up.

=

Brother and sister
would not share, so it sinks in
an ocean of milk.

@

The snail
sheds
its home.

-ing

So the present runs
but never quite gets there, its
footsteps eternal.

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Quentin B. Huff says: “I’m an attorney, writer, visual artist, and professional tennis player who lives and works in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. I’m an associate at the Gerber Law Firm, PLLC. The firm is a civil litigation practice that represents artists, writers, musicians, producers, and other players in the entertainment industry. I love musicians, but vehemently despise other lawyers (for the obvious reasons). My family owns and operates Huff Art Studio, an art gallery specializing in fine art, printing, and graphic design. As a writer, my poems appear in Pemmican Press and will appear in the upcoming "Famous & Infamous" themed issue of Switched-On Gutenberg. I’ve never been musically inclined, aside from a short stint with the clarinet in the 7th grade and a few home-recorded hip-hop demos with a few of my friends. I have no pets, no addictions, no fetishes, and am suddenly realizing why people tell me I need to get out more.”