Some poems by Pete Lee

Her Hair

crouches there
on her head
like some half
tamed jungle
animal loyal
only to her
snarling and
clinging who
can blame it
she affects me
that way too


When

when I want to
camp out I open
my bedroom window
pull the covers up
over my head
break out the snacks
the flashlight and
the comics

when my ship calls
for a captain you'll
find me standing
tall at the prow
of the roof of my
house

when mortal danger
beckons I flip on
the Discovery Channel

and when it's time
for lovemaking
there you are.
Pete Lee's former occupations include army sergeant/counterintelligence agent, federal
intelligence operations specialist, private investigator, newspaper reporter, and social
worker. His poetry has been widely published, both in print and on-line
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Summer 2006 Issue