Two Shorts

by Jeffrey Burghauser (November 2024)

The Best Years of Their Lives (George Grosz, 1923)

Chastity Reconsidered
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A woman able to abstain from sex
Before the wedding indicates that she
Is in possession of the discipline
Required to endure it afterwards.
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Better than Nothing
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A hospital circumcision
Is like a courthouse wedding.
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Jeffrey Burghauser is a teacher in Columbus, Ohio. He was educated at SUNY-Buffalo and the University of Leeds. He currently studies the five-string banjo with a focus on pre-WWII picking styles. A former artist-in-residence at the Arad Arts Project (Israel), his poems have appeared (or are forthcoming) in Appalachian Journal, Fearsome Critters, Iceview, Lehrhaus, and New English Review. Jeffrey’s book-length collections are available on Amazon, and his website is www.jeffreyburghauser.com.