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DRUNK MONKEYS IS A Literary Magazine and Film Blog founded in 2011 featuring short stories, flash fiction, poetry, film articles, movie reviews, and more

Editor-in-chief KOLLEEN CARNEY-HOEPFNEr

managing editor

chris pruitt

founding editor matthew guerrero

POETRY / St. Shawnee Gives Absolution to the Awkward One / Jennifer Schomburg Kanke

My brother pretends he’s a spy,
loving the thrill, cold air to his face,
as we sled down into dried corn stalks,
while I wonder what episode
of Danger Mouse I could be watching
right now, right this very second,
as I careen into Shawnee Zahr,
undisputed Teen Queen of Heaven,
with her peroxide halo
and that beatific smile she turns
on both me and the seventeen kids
in Sears snowsuits laughing at me
as snot and tears freeze to my mittens.
She’s the greatest, she’s fantastic.


Jennifer Schomburg Kanke, originally from Columbus, Ohio, lives in Tallahassee, Florida, where she edits confidential government documents, which is not nearly so spy-like as it sounds. Her work has appeared previously in Drunk Monkeys, as well as in Prairie Schooner, Nimrod, and Sou'wester. She serves as a reader for Emrys.

POETRY / When Judge Judy Asks How Many Times You’ve Been Arrested / Jen Karetnick

POETRY / While We Sing the DuckTales Theme / Jennifer Schomburg Kanke

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