Poetry: Selections from Harker Jones

Nature Boys

his voice, raspy

sears my retinas

his rough hands

his musky throat

his crooked teeth

russet eyes burn the dark

searching the sky for meaning,

or a soft place to fall

tentacles of light

reach through a violet twilight

hunger rapacious

Reprisal

He didn’t come,

the love of my life

So I created him

I gave him money and beauty

and kindness

and soulfulness

I gave him love

Undying, forever love

Enviable, once-in-a-lifetime love

Exceptional, extraordinary love

And then I took it away

He didn’t come

the love of my life

So I created him

and then I destroyed him

Harker Jones is the author of the Amazon #1 best-selling love story Until September and nine screenplays, revealing truths through humor and horror. His short thrillers Cole & Colette and One-Hit Wonder have been accepted into more than 60 film festivals combined, garnering several awards. He was managing editor of Out magazine for seven years, spent two in gay porn, and worked at Disney Publishing. He’s a member of both Mensa and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, loves cats and carbs and would like to be a one-hit wonder but would settle for being killed in a slasher movie. You can find him at Twitter: @harkerjones and Instagram: @harker_j