Saint Vitus Press
& Poetry Review
Open And Shut Door
By Brent Leake

sound of
reality
is dead
ahead
one hears
it before
seeing it
once seen
then it
becomes a
slow process
feeling
one’s way
along a
foreign
existence
that suddenly
appeared
as if someone
opened &
shut a door

a door
you’re unable to open
regardless
what key you
you've been
  given.


The End Is Near
By Brent Leake

he was a old man
shrouded in week old
cigarette smoke
stale whiskey breath
carrying a worn bible
new inspired version
said it was autographed
by Jesus himself
showed me the title page
inscribed there
   para mi amigo willard
                jesus
not even close....
he read from isaiah
pretending to comprehend
the prophetic poesy
THE END IS NEAR
WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!
he bellowed
well
    there was something we
could agree upon
just a matter of time
before the best of us
get our tickets punched
then allowed to pass thru
curtain number 1
to a place where a person
can get free burritos
                            forever.

Danny Pacheco Didn't Care Much For Rudy
By Brent Leake

marilyn pacheco
made the mistake
of taking her new
boyfriend
rudy padillo
w/her to drop
off the kids
at her ex-husband’s
apartment
apparently
danny pacheco
didn’t care much
for rudy
pulling out a 9mm
shot him four
times
nice little pattern
close to the heart
reeled rudy back
into the wall
pretty much dead
before he hit
the floor
as marilyn
fled out the
front door
danny yelled after
her
hey babe
could you bring me back
a couple of
tacos carnitas?



Ganso Placed the .25 Auto At Torrez’s Head
By Brent Leake

kid called
ganso
was sent in
to cap
dionisio torrez
sitting at a
table working
on a steak
dinner
ganso placed
the .25 auto
at torrez’s
head pulled the
trigger
didn’t fire
rápido
torrez grabbed
his steak knife
plunged it
into ganso’s
groin area
twisting/slicing/hacking
screaming
he fell into
an empty table
pants shredded
and blood
soaked…
having lost his
appetite
torrez got up to
leave nearly
stepping on
ganso’s
left testicle
there
on the
floor.