Cul-de-Sac

By Jen Selinsky

"Cul-de-Sac" is comprised of poems, quotes, sayings, previously unpublished letters to editors, and one short story. It's a large mix of works all gathered at the bottom of the bag.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jen Selinsky
• Release date: Nov 10, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370338443

Jen Selinsky

Jen Selinsky was born in Pittsburgh, PA. In 2003, she earned her bachelor's degree in English from Clarion University of Pennsylvania. In 2004, she earned her master's degree in library science from the same school. Jen has worked as a professional librarian for over twelve years. She has published more than 170 books, most of which contain poetry. Her work can be found on the following sites: Lulu, Amazon, iTunes, Kobo, Barnes & Noble/Nook, Smashwords, and Pen It! Publications. She has also been featured in publications such as: The Courier Journal, Explorer Magazine, Liphar Magazine, and Indiana Libraries. Jen lives in Sellersburg, IN with her husband.

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Cul-de-Sac

Jen Selinsky

Already Gone, is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

Copyright © 2016 by Jen Selinsky

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ISBN: 9781370338443

*Not every work included in this book is dated in chronological order.  This is not an oversight on my part. Rather, I have made changes and substitutions over the months during its completion.

-J.L.S.

Chains have come off the

Literature, so release these

Shackles from me!

That which you wish to

Steal is nothing of your

Own—no matter how hot

The branding iron!

1/19/16

Souls you can never take,

Though you’ve a hold on

My body.

Soon to change, soon to

Change.

Who else here is with me?

1/9/16

Power Ball had reached

Over one billion dollars

Before it was claimed.

1/11/16

Oh, David Bowie.

God take you home

And rest you –

One star in the sky!

1/11/16

How much longer

Would you wait not

To hear another word

From me?

Through so many

Reasons, varied, I do

Not care.

Why should I deprive

These people of silence

When I

Spend many

Of my days chasing

Its golden bliss?

Answer me

This, tongues

That are so bold to

Dare, when

You are too

Busy chastising

Others for

Their ranks or lack of

Good breeding.

Whoever planted such a

Seedling in your mind

Has nothing so further

To find when I finally

Reach an end.

2/2/16

Will your golden

Voice awaken

Me when we finally

Reach Spain?

There, I shall not be

So plain as to ask for

Another name.

Jane to Esmeralda will

Suit me just fine

When I reach the top of

The highest plain.

2/2/16

Forty-Five Years

To some, forty-five

Years may seem

More than a life-

Time—to others, less.

Now you see that

You’ve truly been

Blessed for all

The time

You’ve gotten

To know

Each other—

Most of your lives.

Through times of

Sunshine, you

Stood side by side.

Through the perilous

Storms—

You’ve soldiered

Through the weather.

No one else

But yourselves,

Can be this

Good together

For a match

Made in heaven!

*dedicated to Robert and Toni Selinsky

7/11/15

Beloved

Two such as you,

No other than God

Can create.

Your love can

Never come too

Early, for it

Never