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Issue 16: 1 Jan. 2023
Poem: 94 words
By Terry Jude Miller

until today

 
I’ve never thought 
of divorcing my wife—splitting 
our assets—selling the house 
moving out to a single bedroom 
condo where I don’t have to mow 
the lawn—she’ll get the dog 
she deserves him—no I never 
thought about ending our thirty-odd 
years of matrimony until today 
when Mr. Tran gave me my first 
reflexology treatment—this little 
bald-headed man with my callused 
heel in his palm massaging waves 
of ecstasy through the ocean 
of my body—him I could marry 
and love for the rest of my life 

Terry Jude Miller
Issue 16 (1 January 2023)

is a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet from Houston. He received the 2018 Catherine Case Lubbe Manuscript Prize for his book, The Drawn Cat’s Dream. His work has been published in the Southern Poetry Anthology, The Lily Poetry Review, The Comstock Review, The Oakland Review, and in scores of other publications. He serves as First Vice Chancellor for the National Federation of State Poetry Societies.

 
 
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