Jonathan Humphrey

Fever Dream of a Modern Reindeer

Rudolph quit the sleigh
when Santa went ballistic.
He dressed in drag,
and started to brag,
“I’m the best in the Red Light district!”

throwing its body
at the brothel’s wall
winter wind 

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About the Author

Jonathan Humphrey’s work has recently appeared in Acorn, Frogpond, Modern Haiku, and The Heron’s Nest. With a fondness for whiskey and whippoorwills, he divides his time between the lights of Nashville and the woods of his native Kentucky.