Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Too Hot are now published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, October 25th between 3 and 4:30 pm PST.

Saturday, October 25, 2025

Michelle Y Smith

Fireball Whiskey


Feeling the Red-Hot Wrigley's

chewing gum in my mouth

Is the flame that won't burn out 

because my too hot cinnamon flavored temper will

Raise sand with words. The kind that cannot be buried in the sand like an ostrich does its head.

Endangered species to me he is and eagerly I speak with no regret. Enough to have the last word until their eyes blur with grit and suffocation.

Black Male Autistic quiet! You big bear weighty man hands down!

Ask questions later and shoot first. Another stereotype statistic: athletic criminal drug dealer and not a creative diligent artist.

Look at him there's no cane, wheelchair,  nor almond shaped eyes to prove he is differently abled; but he's behaviorally perceived to become ballistic.

Law enforcement racist cowards behind the uniform wearing badge, when will you realize 

my son is not cowering prey to be hunted?


Water fueling may not cool or calm me 

the red dragon of Fireball Whiskey 

utterances spiced, flame breathing 

He is my only child, my Creative, Happy, Righteous, Intriguing, Social Soul.

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere", said MLK Jr .

 I love you to the moon and back 

Son, it's 2025.

Keep us as family Lord, him, us, & me.

Yearning, I wish we could be together infinitely.




Too Hot Is.....


Too Hot is the political topic of America today

SNAP EBT benefits in November will be parlayed.

Food insecurity knows no color or race, stomachs

have the same rumbling from hunger pangs

that shouldn't be felt by anyone. 

The Too Hot words from  politicians. 

The House vs the Senate bickering their ILL will debates.

They can afford a pastrami sandwich  from  Langers, 

Canters, or Coles.

Without a budget to think about determining if 

I should give one

of these historical restaurants. Giving it a Good Ol' Boy try.

I'll buy the sandwich fixings  at Vons or Ralph's, 

Or better yet The Hat where a tip is not required.

And following  a waiter or waitress isn't needed

to an assigned vintage plastic booth sittings

from standing room only line.

Too Hot is the summer  weather of October in LA

where  the freeways underpass is covered  with tarps the 

same color as Dodger blue. The unhoused population

 have a concrete bed. Their scanty possessions 

survivability at  their best, I hope  they

somehow eat a bite of food.

Too Hot is the third week of the government shut down.

Trump's  bulldozing of the 300+ year White House. Remodeling while 

millions of GA, SSA, SSDI, and SSI will recipients from 

infancy to the elderly may await for a regional  Food Bank 

cardboard box in line in November. Homeless shelters bursting 

at the  seams. 45 & 47 you are a buffoon! The veterans who fought 

for America's freedom from WW1, WW2, Vietnam 

and currently serving should  be prioritized.

Too Hot is the Trump dismantling of IDEA created by Bush the son 

He had creativity and fortitude of federal funds for special education 

Without discrimination of American or illegal students from  Pre-K to

high school. Diversity existed and services for everyone. MAGA shame

on you! Your wrath is the tidal wave that  never  should have begun.


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Michelle Y Smith

Fireball Whiskey Feeling the Red-Hot Wrigley's chewing gum in my mouth Is the flame that won't burn out  because my too hot cinnamon...