Sip From A Fire Hydrant

By J. R. Olvera II

Combining multiple facets from poetry, and adding humor has produced a collection of poetry regarding information overload, frustrating thoughts, and the confused mind of J. R. Olvera II. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: J. R. Olvera II
• Release date: Jul 12, 2022
• ISBN: 9798215306536

Book preview

One More Time

I had to do my covid test one more time

It felt like water going up my nose

With that fuzzy, warm, itchy sensation.

I had to march back to my squadron

In a single line formation,

Waiting for the MTI to tell me what to do

I waited,

And waited,

But the MTI did not return.

It was day three of being locked in the barracks

Food was delivered to us by personal wearing hazmat suits

I had to call the bays to attention to properly do what we had to do.

I had to help move the sick away from the bay

It felt weird to move young men as if they were old

With their skin pale like mine-it all happened so fast

We were moved to an undisclosed location

The instructions were not clear

I was enroute to the place full of infected airman basics

I had to do another covid test

But this time

I was not lucky

My strain debilitated

Stomach could not hold on much longer

I heard shouting and screaming more than crying

I had reading material slid through the crack under my rooms door

I was moved one more time-now farther from the rest

The pamphlets were on resiliency, telling me to ‘Aim High’

I was dry heaving in my bathroom,

waiting for the daily check in,

I gave up.

It was a new day, every day,

My fourteen weeks of boot was over, and I, ready to move on from it all,

This time, maybe I should Aim Higher.

Do You Love My Sausage Links?

Living with my wife during this pregnancy

Showed me the horrors our daughter was doing to her.

I witnessed the deep lilac creases into her stomach stretch and spread

Her feet swelling, becoming large like ‘get well soon’ balloons.

Same with her tits,

But anyways,

She heaved and groaned

Crawling up the stairs

Clicking and popping of every one of her