Three Poems by Josh Sherman

Chess Pervert

Playing online chess
against a user named
TheranosIsReal,
and between every move
I type something like
“ohhhhh yes that feels
so good”

March 27, 2020

Chernobyl

The Russians have captured Chernobyl—
site of the worst nuclear meltdown
in history
A place where mutant wild boars roam
majestically
decades after reactor number four
failed
creating a radioactive wasteland
and leaving some parts
uninhabitable
for thousands of years
to come

Sometimes I, too, feel as if
I’ve captured
Chernobyl

February 24, 2022

Stephen King

thinking of
writing
a horror novel
but it’s just
my life


Josh Sherman is a Toronto-based writer and disgraced former civil servant.

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