Flush Left | Charles J. March III | 01 20 23

Rainy Day Man

Emotions bleed and 
Fertilize the seed. 

Embryonic pain 
Spouts through the rain. 

Stillborn dreams 
Silence screams. 

Joyful tears every 
One million years. 

Bleeding knees 
Need bleeding. 

Against my chest 
Lie cold breasts. 

Undilated eyes so  
Tears can upward rise. 

Drowning pools form to 
Escape the storm. 

A hiding place where 
Dirt covers my face. 

—Submitted on 10/03/2022

Charles J. March III is a hospital corpsman veteran currently living in Orange County, CA. His poems have appeared in Dissident Voice, Revolution John, The Recusant, and other journals.

Editor’s Note: The series title Flush Left refers to the fact that, due to our limited WordPress skills, we are only considering poems that are flush left. Poems already in our Submittable queue that have simple non-flush-left formatting may be considered for publication.

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