THREAT/NOT THREAT
a Found Poem
Threat
JAMES BRIEN COMEY JR, publicly posted a photo on Instagram which depicted seashells arranged in a pattern making out “86 47” in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 871(a)
Not Threat
If I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath.
Knock the crap out of them. I will pay for the legal fees.
If you go after me, I’m coming after you.
When the looting starts, the shooting starts.
Their words cannot be allowed to stand. SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR FROM TRAITORS!!! LOCK THEM UP? SEDITIONS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH
Any guy who can do a body slam, he is my guy.
I am your retribution.
Hundreds of Jon Wesick’s poems and stories have appeared in journals such as the I-70 Review, New Verse News, Paterson Literary Review, and Unlikely Stories. He is a regional editor of the San Diego Poetry Annual and host of the Gelato East Fiction Open Mic as well as the NAV Arts poetry reading. His latest short story collection is Saint John the Blasphemer. He lives in Manchester, New Hampshire and longs for gene editing to bring giant wombats back from extinction.