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first will and testament

BY SAM SAX

will work for dollars     for cents
for scratch bones  pounds  pence  penance
sense shekels sentence shelter bread.

four times three bucks an hour
four hours a day     four days a week
for the rest of my life

will sell knives     will pyramid scheme     will dress nice
will call during dinner     will door to door     will carry a knife

will work     for peanuts     for pine nuts    for pineapple and cashew

will work for you for less than you pay others to do
will work force     will force out    will overseas

will nonprofit     will not profit
wont trade but will eat for free

will burroughs     will suck for skrill
will test pills     will fuck for money

will call     good will     will drink on job
will of drunk god     will lift for tips     will pay check

wont background check     will shakespeare
will faulkner     wont dress appropriate
wont pass on purpose     will laundry and transit

will work for store credit     for college credit
    for credit card necklaces
            will you have anything else with that sir?

will work for a laugh     a smile     a blow job
                        an hour   an asshole   an alibi

will work for change
willblakewillpoemwillspokewillyeats
willsmokewillcoldwillbankswillbroke

will fold the will of a drunk god into my bones
though none of it
will work
for me

SAM SAX lives in the Bay Area and performs at various literary and educational events. He is the 2011 Oakland grand slam champion and a member of the 2010 San Francisco slam team. His poems are a speakeasy accordion dueling with an audience of amphetamized wind chimes. He runs poetry mission: the new shit show, a bi-monthly reading series aimed at producing new writing.
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