D.G. Geis divides his time between Houston and the Hill Country of Central Texas. He has an undergraduate degree in English Literature from the University of Houston and a graduate degree in philosophy from California State University. His poetry has appeared in 491 Magazine, Lost Coast, Blue Bonnet Review,The Broadkill Review, A Quiet Courage, SoftBlow International Poetry Journal, Blinders, Burningword Literary Journal, Poetry Scotland (Open Mouse), and Crosswinds, He will be featured in a forthcoming Tupelo Press chapbook anthologizing 9 New Poets and is winner of Blue Bonnet Review's Fall 2015 Poetry Contest. Tips on how to choose clothing for the deceased. Something dark is best. Perhaps a Sunday suit or formal business attire. Something you might wear for a special occasion-- like interviewing for a new job. Your new position will require a certain panache. Stiff determination and a resolute smile should make a lasting impression on your new Employer. Later, as your suit empties and you fade slowly into the woodwork, it will come to you how deep life’s roots really run-- two of which are already knocking, discreetly, at your new front door. Puppet Show This Potemkin village barely stands. Even the slightest breeze shakes its walls. Look closely and you can see the seams Where the set designer joined them together. There are no actors or extras, only half-dressed Manikins beckoning from storefront windows like Whores in Amsterdam—and, of course, standing On the sidewalk, cash in hand, their customers. Behind the curtain, standing in the wings, is Pinocchio, Nose sharpened into a pencil, palms open, moving Now to center stage, eyes on the audience, back to his Maker, waiting for the first tug of the strings that will Very shortly Move his enormous painted mouth.
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