Tim Frank

How to be a Predator

Make sure to be prolific

Break hearts

And chew on concave chests

Break records

With a spike

Then terrify your mother

Who wears a silent wig

And always forgets

Your name.

How to be a Pornstar

Perform

With thick

Perfumed dudes

Then retire

Like Jesus

At thirty-three

And never

Make a comeback

Because kids

These days

Only dream

Of vicelike grips

Padded cells

And Russian roulette.

Manifesto

Let the politicians swim

in paddling pools of wine,

then tax them.

Let the politicians yearn

for a thousand caged hens,

then kill them.

Let the politicians vote

for mountains capped with ice,

then melt them.

Let the politicians fall

into oceans of contempt,

then redeem them.

Tim Frank’s work has been published in Bending Genres, X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, Maudlin House, The Forge Literary Magazine, The Metaworker and elsewhere. He has been nominated for Best Small Fictions. His debut chapbook is, An Advert Can Be Beautiful in the Right Shade of Death (C22 Press ’24) and his second chapbook of poetry is, Delusions To Live By (Alien Buddha Press, ’25)

Twitter: @TimFrankquill