I am no 'Ism-er.'
I do not stand on
the Styrofoam shoulders
of society's tainted ideologies.
I cannot suffocate within the crowd.
I light out for the elsewheres—
leaving behind a world
dizzy from the dark drivel abound
and scared of its own shadow—
just as it should be.
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Heath Brougher is the editor-in-chief of Concrete Mist Press and former poetry editor for Into the Void Magazine, winner of the 2017 and 2018 Saboteur Awards. He is a multiple Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net Nominee, he was awarded the 2018 Poet of the Year Award from Taj Mahal Review. He is the author of 12 books and has a new book forthcoming titled "Beware the Bourgeois Doomsday Fantasy." He has spent the last few years editing the work of others but is officially ready to get back into the creative driver seat.