A man turns himself
inside out one hour
before his wedding,
gets his arm caught
in the sleeve of his skin
and slips to the back
of the building where
groomsmen are sharing
a bottle of whiskey.
“Man mumone melp me?”
the man murmurs from
inside himself.
“What did he say?”
“Who is this guy anyway?”
“Don’t pay him no mind.”
Photo By: Oleh Slobodeniuk
Norman "Buzz" Minnick is a poet and playwright. His second full-length collection, Folly, is published by Wind Publications. He is the author of To Taste the Water: Poems (Mid-List Press, 2007) and several chapbook collections including Two for the Cold, a collaborative work with Laurence Atwood, (Broadside Books, 2000) and The Overreacher (Broadside Books, 1998). He is the editor of Between Water and Song: New Poets for the Twenty-First Century (White Pine Press, 2010). He has not yet written a play. Minnick is not Poet-in-Residence at a university and he has not been twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize. In fact, he has won no major awards.
