another week of job applications
another week with no responses
another week of writing
another week of rejections
another week of punching the wall
or door or fence until my fist
is swollen or bleeding, just
to expel something
the only thing that makes me crazy
is thinking next week will be
any different
but maybe it will be
yeah, maybe next week
I’ll use my left fist.
Joe Albanese is a writer of poetry and prose from South Jersey. Recently he had a piece published in the Fall 2016 edition of Sheepshead Review. In 2017, Joe has work to be published in Calliope, Adelaide Literary Magazine, and Concho River Review.
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