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Acid Trip, Age 14, Fool & Player.


Acid Trip, Age 14

Growling green grass
grabs at my sneakers.

Roaring morning ocean
pummels my eardrums.

Friends fence me in,
cushion my hallucinations,
keep me out of harm's way.

Fool

You are
no reflection

and all
forward movement.

Player

Like lightning,
he never strikes
the same house twice.


Bob Slaymaker's poems and short stories have appeared in Callaloo, The Christian Science Monitor, Essence, New York Quarterly The New York Quarterly is an American poetry magazine. History
The New York Quarterly was established in 1969 by William Packard.

Raymond P. Hammond assumed control of the magazine in 2002 after the death of William Packard.
, The North American Review Founded in Boston in 1815, The North American Review (NAR) was the first literary magazine in the United States, and was published continually until 1940, when publication was suspended due to World War II. , Poetry Ireland Review Poetry Ireland Review is a journal of Irish poetry published quarterly by Poetry Ireland the national Irish poetry organization.

Poetry Ireland Review publishes the work of both emerging and established Irish and international poets.
, River Styx, The Texas Observer, and The US Latino Review. He teaches private writing workshops in New York City New York City: see New York, city.
New York City

City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
, and has a website at bobslaymaker.com.
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Author:Slaymaker, Bob
Publication:African American Review
Article Type:Poem
Date:Jun 22, 2002
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