The Sunday Poem: “menage a trois” by debora Ewing

October 6th, 2024

The Sunday Poem is published weekly, and strives to include the poet reading their work.

debora Ewing reads her poem at its conclusion.

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“Windowlight,” by JC Alfier

ménage à trois

Antonio, steal me away from him
with a mango slice
on the tip of your knife

marimba is a sea-bird cry
and salty window panes
glint in winter sun

one two-one two-one
antonio, you know
he isn’t beautiful
like you

come morning I slip away
charlie vibes dark rain
the el hums a baritone

neon creeps out the brass
I sleep like broken glass
but oh, that mystery

irresistibly
calls to me, Antonio
don’t let me go

Listen to debora Ewing read her poem

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debora Ewing is still doing all the same old things: peer-reviewing for Consilience Science-based Poetry Journal, typesetting for Igneus Press, painting tiny things on coins, the usual. Her mission statement remains “Art is War.” You might find deb’s short sci-fi at Coffin Bell Journal in July, or her physical person at FAR-West 2024 in Woodland Hills, CA, in October. Follow @DebsValidation on Twitter and Instagram.
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(Editor’s Note: debora’s short story “Coloring Outside the Lines” was the first winning story in the Jerry Jazz Musician Short Fiction Contest, published in October of 2002. The contest is currently in its 67th edition)

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JC Alfier’s most recent book of poetry, The Shadow Field, was published by Louisiana Literature Press (2020). Journal credits include Faultline, New York Quarterly, Notre Dame Review, Penn Review, River Styx, Southern Poetry Review and Vassar Review. They are also an artist doing collage and double-exposure work.

Listen to the 1994 recording of trumpeter Roy Hargrove performing “Never Let Me Go” [Universal Music Group]