Jerry Ratch

Jerry Ratch Poems

“The place is great”
we told the rental agent
“except for one thing
...

I think I know that fly
That fly followed us from our apartment
on W.11th St
When I opened the door he flew right in
...

I look good
together

Got these penny wings
...

I'm not a practicing angel,
ladies and gentlemen

Got these penny wings
...

Welcome to the
pain and amusement park

The lowered hurdles,
...

I had a friend once
Little weak flame
of a voice
No bigger than
...

Comes to rest
taking a moment
in the falling rain
slowly massaging the
...

To get there we had to fly up on a United Airlines crop duster
with two cocktails and a basket of desiccated crickets for snacks

Instead of landing they pushed us off the wingtips
...

Puppet X,9
...

Puppet X,10
...

Puppet X, #11
...

One day I discovered
I couldn't wake up again

O yes
...

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We thought we saw
...

17


Clouds float past
...

Jerry Ratch Biography

Published 12 Books of poems, the novel: Wild Dreams of Reality, and a memoir about having polio: A Body Divided. website www.jerryratch.com The poet reading his poems on www.poetryvlog.com also on youtube: http: //www.youtube.com/watch? v=TQvsSdjcEvM)

The Best Poem Of Jerry Ratch

Pigeons Having Sex On An Air Conditioner In New York

“The place is great”
we told the rental agent
“except for one thing

“Pigeons are nesting
on the air conditioner
in the bedroom window

“At 7 a.m. the pigeons
were having sex
on the air conditioner

“They started getting really wild
and throwing themselves
against the window”

There was a pause
while you could distinctly hear
the rental agent swallow

He cleared his throat
“That sounds kind of hot”
he said

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