Sober Again

                           © Miguel Angel Ferreiros

She sings

"Don’t be so reckless"

And at the top of her

Wet soggy shirt

Her old

Pancake

Boob falls out

I leant her 30 cents for the

Pay phone.

She put the money

In the phone,

Hangs up

Moves to the other side of the room

And puts the money in her

Pink dressing gown pocket.

She comes and sits back down on the

Couch and we watch Australian idol

People drink coffee and the pay phone never rings.

-by Ben John Smith

Ben John Smith is the editor of www.horrorsleazetrash.com and lives in Melbourne Australia with his wife and two cats. He is expecting his first child in May and couldn't be more excited.

Painting Courtesy: Miguel Angel Ferreiros

Miguel Angel Ferreiros was born in 1960 and studied in Estudia en Estímulo de Bellas Artes, M.E.E.B.A. ( mutual egresados de Bellas Artes), Argentina. In Chile he studied in La Universidad Católica. His paintings have been showcased since 1980 to the present in galleries and cultural centers. In Recent years, he has been working on Tango and Erotica in Buenos Aires.