the sentence a string of pearls, brokenwords accurate and precise rolling madlyunder the mini-fridge, riding the escalatoracross and down the shallow streetsi slipped pratfalling to laugh shame back into its little closet. all day i chased wordsto no avail and as i shuddered into sleepthey appeared to me and i chanted them and prayed them, rolled themContinue reading ““right.””
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in my dreams i see you love so many things
jealous of the anonymous voiceon the other side of the telephoneof the sweet smooth wood singingtaut strings under deft fingersof some bleak city still unmetthe one that holds new dreams jealous of the ink and papermainlined and held closeof the teeth flashed smilingand the soft swish of hairof the passwords learnedthe ones to guide newContinue reading “in my dreams i see you love so many things”
remind me tomorrow
lover today is the day of remembrance& i hear your name spoken loudlya raw wound still crying for your voiceto speak meaning into the bleakoh i understand the hurt & lossbut the salt is sweeter on my lips in the eternal month when you were mineyou promised death has a purpose& begged me: say itContinue reading “remind me tomorrow”
nocturne: exit wounds
his wife upstairs with the boyssends hate through the floor in her sleepi am gathering all the things i have left behindon previous visits; soggy shoes an old coata purse with a smelly glass pipeif it be the last time let it be the bestthe snow has just begun to meltbut in the car thisContinue reading “nocturne: exit wounds”
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”
by the river, by the street
i think you’d love me mostin small moments of perseverancecarrying the groceries homeslipping in the snowi grasp desperatelyfor the heart shadowing mineand hope that your firm graspwill keep me standing you are a counterweighta balance a nightlighta cup of strong coffeea sleeping pill if neededremember this i think you’d love me mostif i never hadContinue reading “by the river, by the street”
when i think of you i picture things forged from iron
in from the coldyour head full of spidersspins straw into goldyour nerves feed each othergiving birth to the liethat it’s all gonna breakjust like always, old manthe long years only take but we sat in our roomsand we drank even moreboth alone, sunlight weptlike a festering sorei knew you, i loved youwe had years inContinue reading “when i think of you i picture things forged from iron”
predawn shakes, broad & leo
good morningat the tonethe time will befive forty-fourand twenty-five seconds sometimes love iswaking upwhen you could sleep inso your lover doesn’thave to be alonesometimes, loveit’s hard to dothe things we need to do people tend to conflatebravery and fearlessnessas if courage has meaningwithout fear to drive it forwardas if the bravest among usaren’t defined byContinue reading “predawn shakes, broad & leo”
beach 6, pt ii
there was a letter i wroteand destroyed for youthe contents escape mebut they were probably a declarationof love with a strong dramatic flairthe destruction dramatic as wellbut i suppose destruction usually is i wonder what you felt that dayat the edge of the waterwhen i took your picture looking outand slipped a rock into myContinue reading “beach 6, pt ii”
this one weird trick
you can stay up late playing video gamesyou can quit your diet and eat white breadnobody cares that you didn’t showeryou never have to take your clothes off there’s a secret languagewhich can shorten life expectancyyou’ll feel better having learned itso much taller and braverwith those words in your head he said why do youContinue reading “this one weird trick”
mattress dungeon 