{"id":2186,"date":"2014-03-18T01:52:03","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T01:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=2186"},"modified":"2017-07-11T23:03:40","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T23:03:40","slug":"between-exit-signs-by-samm-harper-panos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/between-exit-signs-by-samm-harper-panos\/","title":{"rendered":"Between Exit Signs by Samm Harper Panos"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"hiway\"<\/a><\/h1>\n

Between Exit Signs<\/h1>\n

by Samm Harper Panos<\/p>\n

Daydreaming, Copper Star Coffee house
\nTaking a drag on the lit butt
\nPositioned in curve of a tray
\nBurning and falling into oblivion
\nLift it to my lips and slowly inhaling the last drag
\nExhaling the smoke rings
\nShadows appeared embedded in the windows
\nLeaving, coming for the a heated beverage
\nJolene, barista, rested her pencil like elbows
\nHumming, and drumming her fingers on the counter
\nDillon tunes, and unknown local bands
\nSuicidal, dramatic queens obsess over last night\u2019s black outs
\n\u201cI slept with what, and did what?\u201d
\nFrankie has a sketch pad with penciled drawings but no Picassos\u2019
\nHe spoke of the desires to having a meaningful dysfunctional relationship
\nFinding only breakups between cups of coffee
\nTears fall, bouncing, making rings in the steaming brown drink
\nTucked away in a chipped mug
\nPsychological bantering happens,
\nEchoes reverberate
\nBetween exit signs of my mind
\nNot sure what your experience will be but
\nTake exit 69
\n###
\nSamm Harper Panos was born in Tucson, Az. her parents owned a used furniture store and raised six children who live across the United States. Samm attended a private grade school and high school and than graduate from Arizona Stat University and then graduate school at Ottawa University. She works as a social worker at a Phoenix hospital and is working on her PhD in medical psychology. She published her first book of poetry “Cray lesbo Poetry” in 2013. Samm is working on her second book of poetry this years. Samm loves to attend to her Nubian goats and other farm animals and also has a partner of 7 years who works as a physician assistant. Samm plans to move to Costa Rica in 2 years and live with her animals and partner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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