New Poetry by Brenton Booth

THE STRAY CAT

My tap danced heart

spurts blood again

in requiem of

summer:

stomach pinched,

sitting on my

window ledge—

watching a group

of teenage boys

play soccer

in the park

below,

they are laughing

and alive:

I’d like to join

in

but I don’t know

the game well enough.

- Brenton Booth 2016

Brenton Booth lives in Sydney, Australia. Poetry and fiction of his has appeared in over 100 journals around the world. His book “ Punching The Teeth From The Sky” is available from Epic Rites Press. brentonbooth.weebly.com