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Howie Good’s newest book, Frowny Face, is a collection of his prose poems and handmade collages from Redhawk Publications. He co-edits the online journal UnLost, dedicated to found poetry.

Howie Good

A Plea

Both my parents are dead.
All my aunts and uncles, too.

And several older cousins.
Even a nephew, from an overdose.

Sometimes in the cold of night
I feel like I’m just waiting my turn.

Promise that when it takes me,
you’ll wear a black arm band on your left arm,

the arm nearest the heart.

— Howie Good