Jake Sheff
Well, what I saw this morning,
blue coyotes running free.
Yes, what I saw this morning,
blue coyotes running free,
and dawn exploding out both ends
because my baby done left me.
Love is a Manhattan, baby,
serve it on a dish.
Yeah, love is a Manhattan
Project, serve it on a dish.
Dishonesty’s her smoke, it’s sweet
as wine or Cavendish.
My woman’s got a body like
a bowl of Cézanne’s pears.
O, my woman has a body like
a bowl of Cézanne’s pears.
And when she’s lying naked
it’s the true state of affairs.
Ask and I will tell you, baby,
I’m your tiramisu.
Ask and I will tell you anything,
I sure miss you.
But you spread your love like chutney,
you love everybody but me
and it tears my dawn in two.
Jake Sheff is a pediatrician and veteran of the US Air Force. His poems and short stories have been published widely. Some have even been nominated for the Best of the Net Anthology and the Pushcart Prize. A full-length collection of formal poetry, “A Kiss to Betray the Universe,” is available from White Violet Press. He also has two chapbooks: “Looting Versailles” (Alabaster Leaves Publishing) and “The Rites of Tires” (SurVision).
