I run along life's shore
dodging the cold spray
of those surfing
the same waves
of past slights,
real and reimagined,
until the storms
transform into tsunamis
These champion surfers
are charged by the
surge of drama,
never growing weary, and
I've become an accomplished
long-distance runner,
avoiding their heavy, wet sand
in my shoes.
David Cranmer is the editor of the BEAT to a PULP webzine
and whose own body of work has appeared in such diverse publications as The
Five-Two: Crime Poetry Weekly, Needle: A Magazine of Noir, LitReactor,
Macmillan’s Criminal Element, and Chicken Soup for the Soul. Under the pen name
Edward A. Grainger he created the Cash Laramie western series. He's a dedicated
Whovian who enjoys jazz and backgammon. He can be found in scenic upstate New
York where he lives with his wife and daughter.
