Paul A. Toth

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4065 Crockers Lake Blvd.
Apt. 2723
Sarasota, FL 34238
(941) 706-5078
Author Bio: Paul A. Toth lives in Sarasota, Florida. He is the author of three novels, his latest being
Finale. He also publishes poetry, nonfiction, and produces multimedia pieces. Links to all of his work
can be accessed via www.tothworld.com.

Demographic Dictators

torturing youth
blistering my skin
the sun
age spots
melanoma
while your traumas
temporary and unfixed
not yet guaranteed
life with savage odds
far from casinos
where the old play
nickel slots

The Arc

plains of ice
cancer-free cows
buildings like wires
bird biographies

Angle of Incidence

in the crystallina
the riverettes
the polyponds
swam phenobarbitinas
water ballerinas

Membrane-Attack Complex

skysick with cicadasosis
hummingbirded roses
squirrelasonic chirpets
springified rejuvenata blues
Presbyopiaterians
eyes circularized
blackened-binocular tricked
readamortis
of lashes flutterish
bifocular twitchered pupils
of the moon

Fields of Future Adults Eating Grass

Howling children screaming bloody murder,
yet to learn others exist.
Name the monstrous gene
pitching a black flag
in the fields of our herding.