About the Author
Sergio Ortiz grew up between San Juan and Chicago, and studied English
literature at Inter-American University in San German, Puerto Rico, and
philosophy at World University. He was an ESL teacher most of his life but also
worked with the elderly blind population as a Daily Living Skills Instructor
for the El Paso Lighthouse for the Blind and the Texas Lions Camp. He studied
culinary art at The Restaurant School in Philadelphia and became a chef. His
work has been published in
Origami Condom, Poets Ink Review, POUI The Cave, Flutter, Silenced Press, Cause & Effect, The Cherry Blossom Review, The Linnet's Wing Ink Sweat & Tears, Ascent Aspirations, Cause & Effect, and The Battered Suitcase.
Blown Out of Patience By Sergio Ortiz
A drunken mime asked for a tennis ball.
Took out a gun, aimed,
fired. Then followed the bullet through the hole,
street, door, steps, on stage, and bowed.
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