Two poems: ‘Sensitive’ and ‘The Janitor’

Sensitive

Sensitive
is
a
word

that
shivers
off
the
tongue

expecting
a
laugh

instead
silence,
only
quiet.

 

The Janitor

I’m
happy
where
I’m
at

pushing
the
dustmop

I’m
in
the
light.

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Danny Barbare’s award-winning poetry has been published widely, most recently in the Birmingham Arts Journal, Pennsylvania Literary Journal, Blue Unicorn, California Quarterly, and many other online and print publications. He lives with his wife and his sweet dog Oliver, a Boston Terrier, in Simpsonville, South Carolina.