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"We received a King Cake at the office..." & "The Soundtrack…" by Nolcha Fox & Ken Tomaro



We received a King Cake at the office the other day


Part coffee cake, part cinnamon roll

Bathed in an icing of yellow, green and purple

A Mardi Gras rainbow

Inside the cake hides a small plastic baby

And depending on your view either marks the arrival of the three wise men or symbolizes luck and prosperity

But I have questions as always

How does the plastic not melt in the baking process?

How lucky can you consider yourself after biting into a plastic baby?


She was always losing things.

The eraser end of a pencil

floated in her nostril, it jiggled

when she sneezed, but she

could never find it.

Her keys were somewhere

in that purse that she left

in the taxi.

And the baby, where

was that baby?



The Soundtrack to My Life


Here comes your debaser man

to hang on your cross

in the Jesus Christ pose.

Don’t save it for later, just

hammer another nail in my heart.

It’s a wave of mutilation.

What a fucking lovely day

in a beautiful world.


You’re under pressure, Annie Hopparen.

get your gun, Remember,

distance equals rate times time.

Goodbye, Gemini girl,

go wild in the country.

Stand and deliver a swingin' safari.


You are a pixie

standing in a garden of sound,

drumming to an English beat.

Slayer of queens

A blazing arrow

You are Adam, bowing to the Garden of Eden.

In sweet soul limbo dancing with ants,

you are you

and you are music to my ears.




Ken Tomaro is a writer living in Cleveland Ohio whose work reflects everyday life with depression. His poetry has appeared in several online and print journals and explores the common themes we all experience in life. Sometimes blunt, often dark but always grounded in reality. He has 4 full-length collections of poetry, most recently, Potholes and Perogies available on Amazon.

Nolcha’s poems have been published in Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Alien Buddha Zine, Medusa’s Kitchen, and others. Her poetry books are available on Amazon. Nominee for 2023 Best of The Net. Editor for Open Arts Forum. Accidental interviewer/reviewer. Faker of fake news. Website: https://bit.ly/3bT9tYu

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