One Poem by Sean Ferrier-Watson

 

Hero 

I did not see the one 

where the hero lost  

and the villain stole the show; 

must’ve aired on a Tuesday; 

must’ve fallen asleep on the sofa 

with a bag of Tostitos and cheese dip. 

 

All the same, 

a friend told me the end: 

“He goes out with bang! 

Levels three city blocks— 

Not bad, a little long.” 

 

Must’ve been a joke 

because the hero never dies, 

at least not really.

First published in Soul Poetry, Prose, and Arts Magazine, August 2025.

Sean Ferrier-Watson has pieces published or forthcoming in Lovecraftiana, Discretionary Love, Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, Better Than Starbucks, The Avalon Literary Review, Hellbound Books, and Illumen. He was a finalist in Crystal Lake Publishing’s Shallow Waters Flash Fiction Contest. His book The Children’s Ghost Story in America was published by McFarland in 2017. Follow him at www.seanferrierwatson.com.