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
Envy:
The hinge that seethes at the doorknob for getting all the credit.
The rarely opened backdoor jealous of the kitchen window
for letting the sun in every morn.
Gluttony:
The bookshelf demanding to be double stacked with books.
The books purchased online that are never read.
Greed:
The wardrobe filling up with clothes with no occasion to be worn.
The washing machine grumbling despite begging earlier to be overloaded.
Lust:
The tongue of the libidinous flame making the candle weep.
Shadows contorting on the wall all night in a fleshdance.
Pride:
The stuck bay window that refuses to budge to be cleaned.
The ceiling fan blowing at a conservative 3 when it wanted to fly at a mighty 5.
Sloth:
The couch that sunk in the middle over time like everything else that never got fixed.
The Monday hangover stupor after another drunken weekend.
Wrath:
The fire that raged through the home and razed it to the ground.
First published in “13 Poets for a Pigeon Kiss” anthology, edited by Eike Waltz, and available on Amazon at https://a.co/d/aI1VVZs
