My work in DADAKUKU 1

by

John J. Dunphy

those things will kill ya

ex-smoker

again smoking heavily

in the electric chair

(page 49)

his first role

cast as a corpse

method actor visits

another funeral home

(page 70)

hard time

its sand wetted down

recalcitrant hourglass sentenced to

the jailhouse freezer

(page 126)

rainbows and unicorns

“dada”

talk like a man, you little twerp.

I’m your dad.”

(page 169)

all souls’ day

useless prayers said by

useless living people for

useless dead people

(page 189)

John J. Dunphy’s poetry collections include Old Soldiers Fading Away, Zen Koanhead, Touching Each Tree, pagan rites, Bullet Cluster, Stellar Possibility and Dark Nebulae. He is also the author of non-fiction works such as Unsung Heroes of the Dachau Trials: The Investigative Work of the U.S. Army 7708 War Crimes Group, 1945–1947.