
Bio: Mehmet Akgönül is a poet who lives in Ankara, Turkey. He is studying at Hacettepe University Department of History. He worked as an editor in an online newspaper GazeteHacettepe. His poems were published in Bosphorus Review of Books, The Nonconformist Literary Magazine, The Rye Whiskey Review, Punk Noir Magazine and The Dope Fiend Daily.
Twitter: @akgonulmehmet
Instagram: @mehmetakgonul
The man who died
I’ll want to hang myself to the trigger
And the barrel look towards infinity
Let the weight of my sinful body
Be the soul of the bullet that will puncture destiny
Filthy minds and reckless human beings
I am the loneliest among this crowd
May be I should wear a fake crown
And sit on the most uncomfortable throne
Like a bad dancer-
Spread to my body, my cancer
I consume my time in earth
It will be a pleasure to get rid of this dirt
Mehmet AKGÖNÜL ***I dedicate this poem to my uncle who continued his fight against cancer until his last breath. R.I.P. AHMET OKKALI. ***