shit – Cajun Mutt Press

Cajun Mutt Press Featured Writer 11/03/23

November 3, 2023November 3, 2023 James D. Casey IV

Scrubbin’..

Keep them opinions
Where they belong

Straight in the shitter

Flush’em down

That stink
That stank

The thought
Of you havin’
Control

Over another

Take that flatulence

That smelly
Burnin’ your asshole
Diarrhea

Get a whiff

Do you smell it

The thought
That’s not

Even close
To bein’ acceptable

Tryin’ to impose
Your beliefs

Onto
Someone else

Drop it all

Straight in the shitter

I ain’t no quitter

But to hell
With all that

Nonsense

Keep your opinions
To yourself

‘Cause I ain’t scrubbin’
Your toilet
And you ain’t scrubbin’
Mine

But it is time
To flush that shit
Down the drain

The smell
Is gettin’ repulsive

Michael E. Duckwall was born and raised in the Ohio Valley. A featured poet at the 10th and final Gonzofest in Louisville Ky. His poem “Making Messes” was included in the anthology ‘Encore‘ released in January and just recently had his first book of poetry The Ramblings of a Recovering Poet published by Pure Sleeze Press in July. Here’s how he describes his poems: “I don’t write, I release. I’m not sure if I could hold any of this in, even if I wanted to. Poetry.. my therapy, my friend, my release.”

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Cajun Mutt Press Featured Writer 08/16/23

August 17, 2023 James D. Casey IV

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

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 06/28/21

June 28, 2021 James D. Casey IV

Deep-fried Daffodils

When your friend says, “Ya know,
it’s like your past-life karma got you
reincarnated into the actual fan the shit hits,”
then cracks up through her tonic bubbles,
lime shining sparkles through the glass,
it’s the kind of thing that may make
a person who didn’t understand
get hurt. Maybe even cry.

Not me. I get the joke.
Friends get a license
to say stuff like that.
Especially ones from Kentucky,
where we deep-fry daffodils
and dress up grit with earrings,

where the moon lights
soft through punches,
and words become
by tone.
From her, those just mean love.
Plus, she’s who scrapes it off.

Sarah Mackey Kirby is a Kentucky poet and writer. Her first poetry collection, The Taste of Your Music (Impspired), was published in 2021. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Chiron Review, Ploughshares, Punk Noir, Muddy River Poetry Review, and elsewhere. She says, “folks” and “y’all” a lot.

Cajun Mutt Press Featured Writer 04/21/21

April 21, 2021 James D. Casey IV

Shit Walk

I have to go on my shit walk this morning

no caffeine in the house
no car to drive to the gas station

I’m a dangling turd
slumping down the road

in a medication haze,
my eyes filled with the powder of pills

the sun so bright
nothing but glare

traffic pushes me to the side of the street
I feel like blacktop

by the time I get to the gas station
I must really look like shit
that’s what the attendant tells me anyway

Daniel J. Flore III’s writings have appeared in many publications. He is the author of 4 books of poetry from GenZ Publishing. The latest is titled Pink Marigold Rays.