Greasy Spoon Saloon: Untitled

                  "Give      me
                some  head,"
                the       dude
                sternly,
                grimly said.

     I   wanted  to  hold  him in  my   arms,   to
     feel   the  weight  of him on  top  of  me.   I
     wanted  to  scratch love  marks  down  his
     back and to watch him enjoy being alive.

                But  down  I
                went      and
                gave       him
                only what he
                asked     for.
                Both lost.

By Louie Crew
(Louie Crew has edited special issues of
College English and Margins, Has written four poetry volumes
 Sunspots (Lotus Press, Detroit, 1976) 
Midnight Lessons (Samisdat, 1987),
Lutibelle's Pew (Dragon Disks, 
1990), and Queers! for Christ's Sake!
(Dragon Disks, 2003).)

Last words of a dying man

Sadness, grief and sorrow are emotions we all experience. Poets and writers have long realized how expressing your emotions with words can help in dealing with the pain. To give words to your deepest feelings, to shape your most painful emotions into verse, to release the pain locked in your heart; this is the true power of the poem.Some of the most famous poets lived sad, dark, depressed lives filled with pain, loneliness, depression and even suicide. These poets were artists who used words to express their painful and sad feelings and share them with the world. These words joined together became poetry, sad poetry filled with their yearnings for relief from their pain. Their unbearable sadness was the catalyst for some of the best poems ever written.