John Sweet
John Sweet sends greetings from the rural wastelands of upstate New York. He is a firm believer in writing as catharsis, and in poetry as a reason for getting up in the morning. He has been publishing in the small press for 30 years. His most recent collection is There's Only One Way This Is Going to End (Cyberwit, 2023).
once god becomes a weapon
there is no such thing as a war that
can be won
you fight just because it
feels so good to kill
we drove for three hours only to
find the building burned to the
ground when we got there
do you see the punchline?
once the tyrants have the barrel of the gun
placed firmly against the back of your neck,
all they can ever think about is pulling the trigger
and you can believe in god or
you can not believe
and in the end you die
and do you want an apology?
