Tohm Bakelas
i’ll die before i can retire
the killer smiles—
cicada songs in my head—
i keep on walking
true story
depressed, stoned and alone—
i find myself watching
the x-files again
TOHM BAKELAS is a social worker in a psychiatric hospital. He was born in New Jersey, resides there, and will die there. He is the author of twenty-five chapbooks and several collections of poetry, including “Cleaning The Gutters of Hell” (Zeitgeist Press, 2023). He runs Between Shadows Press.