Altar

I worship nightly
at the shrine of your ass.

For it is the cave
where Buddha sleeps.

A wishing well
full of coins and dreams.

A mysterious and unexpected letter
to be opened slowly

with delicious
anticipation.





Wess Mongo Jolley is a poet and poetry promoter living in Vermont.  He produces and hosts the IndieFeed Performance Poetry Channel podcast, and is the Founder and President of the Performance Poetry Preservation Project.  His work has appeared in Off The Coast, PANK, The New Verse News, Danse Macabre, The November 3rd Club, The Legendary, decomP, and in the Write Bloody Press book The Good Things About America. He lives on a ten acre parcel in rural Vermont, with his partner, various members of his chosen family, a failing vegetable garden, and an unidentified monster that has been known to chase visitors out of the woods.  He is an urban poet, trapped in a rural body. He can be found at http://mongopoet.com, and at