Introducing a new series of poems by Julian Matthews. Julian is a writer and Pushcart-nominated poet published in The American Journal of Poetry, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Borderless Journal, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Dream Catcher Magazine, Live Encounters Magazine, Lothlorien Poetry Journal and The New Verse News, among others. He is a mixed-race minority from Malaysia and lived in Ipoh for seven years. Currently based in Petaling Jaya, he is a media trainer and consultant for senior management of multinationals on Effective Media Relations, Social Media and Crisis Communications. He was formerly a journalist with The Star and Nikkei Business Publications Inc
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By Julian Matthews
i am glad i don’t have a nut allergy
in fact, i may have the opposite—
an affinity to nuttiness, and all the crazies
that comes with it. lord knows, i’ve had
to live with it, to confront it, to wrestle
with its restlessness, its drama,
its melancholia, its ups and downs.
i’ve unjammed it, twisted and uncapped it,
knifed its Bingham plastic form, slapped it on
generously, spread it, rolled with it,
swallowed hard and digested it.
i’ve eaten it up and, in turn, let it eat me up,
then picked up the crumbs of my sanity
from the floor and moved on.
and here we are—out of bread again.
First published in the literary journal Masticadores Canada.
