Ballard Street Poetry Journal

As she started to dose off
she hiccuped
and a green and white parrot
flew out of her mouth
proclaiming the pirates are fighting,
the pirates are fighting, squawk squawk,
the stove is hot, the stove is hot,
so she sipped another drink
and winked out
without thinking another thought,
as the parrot continued to squawk,
lock the door, lock the door,
squawk. squawk.

Glenn D’Alessio, is a carpenter and adjunct professor at Worcester State College in Worcester, MA. His Natural Science classes are about energy conservation, renewable energy, and more sustainable building. In addition he is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy (CEEP) at the University of Delaware. His poems have appeared in the Sahara, Sparrow Grass anthologies, Cellar Roots, The Servant Song, Post Road Expressions of the Richard Sugden Library Writers Workshop, and in the Worcester State College newspaper.