The Seagull’s 460th Seguidilla
by Jake Sheff
The sun’s stunt double was hired
For her beautiful
Handwriting. This morning’s drawn
In the Bauhaus style.
Its little staircase
Beckons me. Time has gone a
Little stir-crazy.
The Seagull’s 415th Seguidilla
Drink, my darling, drink again;
A pint of interest
With a hint of bliss-berries.
Oh child, oh doom-kissed
Child; it soothes my brain
To fill what follows death, and
It will soothe your pain.
BIO
Jake Sheff is a pediatrician and veteran of the US Air Force. He’s married with a daughter and a crazy bulldog. Poems and short stories of Jake’s have been published widely. A full-length collection of formal poetry, “A Kiss to Betray the Universe,” is available from White Violet Press. He also has three chapbooks: “Looting Versailles” (Alabaster Leaves Publishing), “The Rites of Tires” (SurVision) and “The Seagull’s First One Hundred Seguidillas” (Alien Buddha Press).
