Is the kind of man
who feels as if he
will be apprehended
by the holy ghost
at any moment
The kind of man who
glimpses at himself
20x a day in the mirror
just to know he is there
yet shrinks away
while shaving
George Cassidy Payne is a poet from Rochester, NY. His work has been included in such publications as the Hazmat Review, Moria Poetry Journal, Chronogram Journal, Ampersand Literary Review, The Angle at St. John Fisher College, and 3:16 Journal. George’s blogs, essays and letters have appeared in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Havana Times, South China Morning Post, The Buffalo News, and more.
See all his poems on Tea House here.
