Cajun Mutt Press Featured Writer 05/10/24

a broken life

picking up the pieces
of a broken dream
a broken life, all the
broken memories of
growing up poor
and knowing it

how your father
worked all the
time, not because
he loved the money

but because he hated
being around his family

and how your mother
broke her back trying
to make it all work,
raise two kids, have
the perfect middle
class life

more bullshit that these
people somehow actually
thought was possible

reality slapped me in
the face the first time
i bought a brick from
a cadillac

knew damn well
i was in way over
my head

©2024 J.J. Campbell All rights reserved.

Brother Campbell

J.J. Campbell (1976 – ?) is old enough to know better. He’s been widely published over the years, most recently at Synchronized Chaos, Horror Sleaze Trash, The Beatnik Cowboy, The Asylum Floor and Disturb the Universe Magazine. You can find him most days on his mildly entertaining blog, evil delights. (https//:evildelights.blogspot.com)

Cajun Mutt Press Featured Writer 12/06/23

instead of bankrupt…

i had
a fever
dream
of vanna
white
pissing
into pat
sajack’s
mouth

i don’t
remember
that spot
on the
wheel
of
fortune

perhaps
it was
hidden
between
a new car
and a trip
to thailand

©2023 J.J.Campbell All rights reserved.

Brother Campbell

J.J. Campbell (1976 – ?) is trapped in suburbia, wondering where the lonely housewives have gone… He’s been widely published over the years, most recently at Synchronized Chaos, The Rye Whiskey Review, Disturb the Universe Magazine, Carcinogenic Poetry and Lothlorien Poetry Journal. You can find him most days on his mildly entertaining blog, evil delights. (https://evildelights.blogspot.com)

Cajun Mutt Press Featured Writer 08/16/23

my previous self

one of those days
you step in shit
and that stench
stays with you
no matter how
much you clean,
etc.

i like to think
of that as a
punishment
for a previous
life

and if i had
to guess

my previous
self must have
done some crazy
ass shit as the
punishments
have been rather
regular throughout
this life

so, i guess the next
life is when the money
and pussy comes

©2023 J.J.Campbell All rights reserved.

Brother Campbell

J.J. Campbell (1976 – ?) was raised by wolves yet still managed to graduate high school with honors. He has been published widely over the years, most recently at Horror Sleaze Trash, Synchronized Chaos, The Beatnik Cowboy, Disturb the Universe Magazine and Lothlorien Poetry Journal. You can find him most days on his mildly entertaining blog, evil delights.

Cajun Mutt Press Featured Writer 05/08/23

lucid nightmares

the cold rain beats
down an already
beaten area

apathy runs rampant
as chaos rides the
edge of a knife

some people abhor
violence

some people think
of it as second nature,
like breathing

most days, peace
and war are the
same fucking
thing

lucid nightmares
dance around all
the pain

writhing in bed

once beautiful

now a lost soul
awaiting that final
voyage to death


like an old dog

one of these days
where you just
want to lay in
the sun and sleep
like an old dog

at least i haven’t
started shitting
in the yard


yet another bad dream

screams from another room

too many years of abuse

yet another bad dream

stuck behind the eight ball
as the pressure simply builds

if life is a horse race
you’re stuck on a longshot
just foolish enough to think
one day, i will be a winner

winners already know such
things

losers need to manifest every
little thing into existence

here comes the rain again

supposed to last for three
days

©2023 J.J. Campbell All rights reserved.

J.J. Campbell

J.J. Campbell (1976 – ?) was raised by wolves yet managed to graduate high school with honors. He’s been widely published over the years, most recently at Horror Sleaze Trash, Synchronized Chaos, The Beatnik Cowboy, The Black Shamrock and The Rye Whiskey Review. You can find him most days on his mildly entertaining blog, evil delights. (https://evildelights.blogspot.com)

Cajun Mutt Press Halloween Featured Writer 10/31/22

happy halloween

i wanted to be superman or
batman, something badass
or spooky

but growing up in the midwest
in the 80’s, halloween always
came with a winter coat

and no one can look like a
badass bundled up, especially
with mittens on

oh, the fucking mittens

and being the fat kid was
always the worst

i always felt the older kids
were always eyeing my bag

tubby over there has all the
good candy, which i did

eventually, i became one
of those older kids

going to houses well into
my teens, usually drunk

i had a father ask me
what was i this year?

i said your daughter’s
worst nightmare

he didn’t care for how
quickly that line came
out of my mouth

six years later, i was
paying for her abortion

happy halloween

like some fucking sociopath

i remember being bored in class
the day after halloween and i
decided to make up the story
that i found a razor blade in
my halloween candy in an
apple someone gave me

little did i know the principal
would be calling the cops and
they asked me to tell them
all the houses i went to

i started to ramble off addresses
like some fucking sociopath when
my parents showed up and pulled
me aside and asked me what
the fuck was i doing?

i started to laugh and said never
send me to these boring ass
classes again

i told the cops i was lying,
just having fun

they asked my father if they
should arrest me to teach me
a lesson

i told them don’t bother

he’ll try to beat the shit out
of me later tonight

as an adult

halloween as an adult
gets a little tricky

i never got into good
enough shape to play
all the kinky games
my imagination wants
to with some slutty nurse
or some elvira looking
whore that wants to see
how many times her
fishnets can go around
my head

but the darker side of shit

the penchant for death,
chaos, mayhem

that certainly is fucking
appealing

especially now that those
cold midwestern halloweens
of my youth, are now these
summer will never fucking
end, hotter than shit for ohio
at this time of year

i don’t give out candy

and i don’t put up any
decorations around
the house

i do tend to play a little
more slayer in late october
though

©2022 J.J. Campbell All rights reserved.

J.J. Campbell

J.J. Campbell (1976 – ?) is currently trapped in suburbia, plotting his escape. He’s been widely published over the last quarter century, much to the chagrin of many of his detractors. You can find him most days on his mildly entertaining blog, evil delights. (https://evildelights.blogspot.com)