john sweet
john sweet, b 1968, still numbered among the living. a believer in writing as catharsis. opposed to all organized religion and political parties. His published collections include No One Starves in a Nation of Corpses (2020 Analog Submission Press) and There's Only One Way This Is Going to End (Cyberwit, 2023).
you can’t just keep
walking around with a
fever of 104° and
expect all the pieces
to fit
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?
