BIO: Tohm Bakelas is a social worker in a psychiatric hospital. He was born in New Jersey, resides there, and will die there. His poems have been printed widely in journals, zines, and online publications all over the world. He is the author of twenty-four chapbooks and several collections of poetry, including “Cleaning the Gutters of Hell” (Zeitgeist Press, 2023). He is the editor of Between Shadows Press.
MY REALITY 2
tongue swollen, voice shot,
starving, terrified to eat—
strung out on codeine
IT WAS WORTH IT
codeine got me horny,
jerk off, pass out— later
wake to cat staring
SECOND TIME IN A ROW
watching deadbeat at dawn—
codeine courses through me,
pain becomes lighter
KEEPING COOL
fixated on time, paranoid
watching clocks— outside
i feed the birds
HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN YOURSELF?
recreationally taking
unused pain meds—
all for the poems
Editor's note: These 5 haikus are from 20 recently written by the author while "fucked out of his mind" on codeine following a tonsillectomy.
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