angry – mattress dungeon

five excuses

I. hollow voice to empty earsbecause i shot wordslike bullets to the black nightsinging the meteor showercat-clawing until the notes shatteredand fell spent and sweatingat the feet of a mumbling crowdwho don’t seem to like purplenearly as much as i do II. smash cut: age eightbecause she used to saywhen you write your bestsellerinstead ofContinue reading “five excuses”

the comedown

i started writing somethinglast night in bed listening to him breathebut the nature of the thing isyou forget everything you wanted to saylost in the ring of pain in your teethlost in the nausea& the nosebleed i am so angry at peoplewhen they let themselves downwho the fuck are youto throw water on your fireContinue reading “the comedown”

i know all about queens

it’s not that i’m allergicto the stingsor even particularly mind(most of the time)but it invites clothing myself in canvasin leather and netting remember this the next time you beg meto take off my armorfor a distant promiseof mead i’ve yet to taste this isn’t an o. henry storyi’m shorn yes butyou never brought the combContinue reading “i know all about queens”