up late and slept in, hurt deep to the bonesthe sharp grey light spills in through cold windowswe started drinking around 11watching the soviet chess narrativesthat have always brought comfortthe dog is grumpyshe wants to sniff around the neighborhoodi am too tired to walk her today the recipe is: cubed stale breadonions and celery sweatedinContinue reading “covid portrait, thanksgiving 2021”
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home/office
the headaches have grown migraine branchestwigs of nauseaura probing deep into my brainthe dim christmas bulbs somehow achingly brighti know the wisdom in shutting eyes in dark spacesbut i’d rather suffer pain than boredom i’m trying to shrink the fallout of a religioninto a pill small enough for narrow throatsindulge me: the techniques are reboundingintoContinue reading “home/office”
at least there was movement
a point of exhaustion whereyou have chills and two lumpsrising on your head and allyou can think about ishow he tangles up in youwhen you go to sleep at nightthe short distance feelsimpossible to cross baby imiss your body next to minei have tried so hard for naughti never said what it means to meallContinue reading “at least there was movement”
i never dream about the mountains
might be there’s a lessonabout choosing to move forwardwalking on blisterstrundling forwardon nothing but the sheer hopethat there’s an oasisin the next mile strange to think we loved each otherin interesting timesthat if we all survive thisthe memory will be infectedwith the ones who were the closest strap on the time helmettake me back toContinue reading “i never dream about the mountains”
it’s wasting time either way
enclose yourself in that stand of red pines so i can demonstrate just how high they climb from the sand of their birth i wear my mother’s old ringon my smallest fingera stone for each childcomes up five gems shorti wear my mother’s namebound around my lips waste time with melet’s find an escapefrom theseContinue reading “it’s wasting time either way”
another poem about ye covid
in these uncertain timesi am certain that i have surrounded myselfwith top-quality hearts and mindsi am staying home, bathingin a deep pool of caring in these trying timesi have tried to offer solaceand understanding to the ones gnawed byanxiety rats as we adjust to our new normali realize i want nearly nothing to change
mattress dungeon 