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Introduction to the Poetry of Dwayne Parker

By V. Lee Parker


Yes, Dwayne Parker is my cousin.  I’m no judge of poetry, though I do consider myself a minor expert on classic film and gardening.  All I can tell you is Dwayne is a good guy and a hard worker.  He works at a pulpwood plant out here in Sabineland and none of his buddies know he writes poetry in his spare time.  They think all he does is hunt and fish like them.  Well, Dwayne enjoys that stuff as much as the next guy, but he’s also a thinker.  Dwayne’s always thinking about things, and the things he thinks about, he writes down, generally after he’s eaten dinner and watched the news.  Dwayne has never shown his work to anyone other than me and his wife.  If y’all like it, be sure to let Dwayne know.  It would make his day.  You can say howdy to Dwayne by shooting the editors at Spillway Review an email.
                      
      



Three Poems

by Dwayne Parker

 

Wrestling

The Strangler’s got Pretty Boy in a choke hold and
I’m eating Frito pie while the crowd jumps up and boos. 
I don’t want to see, I just want to eat but
when I look over at Marty
he’s crying ‘cause Pretty Boy lost and
I’m thinking Marty’s an idiot so
I go get a corndog and a coke and
when I get back Marty’s still got tears in his eyes and
won’t eat the dog I got him so
I eat mine and his and
I got to tell you
corndogs is best with mayonnaise on them.





That Eye

She works at Wal-mart and gives me the eye
that I don’t want.
I don’t want that eye winking at me.
that eye that’s got fat and bad breath in the morning
in it and her skinny and sweet now.
That eye that’s got quitting Wal-mart and watching
the shows all day while I work and she eats.
That eye that’s got three or four good-for-nothing, downright
lazy kids with snotty noses and bad grades.

I don’t want
that eye.





Wasp Sting

When I walk down to the mailbox
to see if I won the Publisher’s Clearinghouse Sweepstakes
I ain’t looking for a wasp sting.

But that’s what I get.



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Biography of Dwayne Parker:  Dwayne Parker lives in the rural South and works for a living.