physically it’s something like those tiny tied up plastic bags chunky white powder colorful paper featherlight dried fungus wiping sweat to palm them the quickness in my step blood sizzling alert and fearful it’s gotten expensive as a kid my teeth would grind on the way to the movies at the foot of a babyContinue reading “before the letdown”
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to anyone interested
my feet look like they’re carvedfrom marble the veinsoutstanding long slendertoes smooth unencumberedfree of heavy boots wool socksblandly pretty nothing special maybei could get around some other wayif i pass my driver’s test in july it’s been so hard though i swearworking feels like dying some daysand we both slept better before all the deathsbutContinue reading “to anyone interested”
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”
bed bath & beyond: a play in four acts
i’ll shave my legsbecause radical feminists don’tthree inches above the kneebecause nice girls don’twouldn’t be a part of any clubthat might have mei’ll run a brush through my hairbut it won’t mean anything i have received your messageand look forwardto our future partnershipsalthough i must admita certain reluctanceto trade this book for black lace selahContinue reading “bed bath & beyond: a play in four acts”
if you get an outfit you can be a cowboy too
normally you wouldn’t be caught deadwith someone who looks like mein this embarrassing dresswith the fringe and sequinsand the blisters in my heels it’s tiring making the effortnails broken down to nothingpainted hot pink and shimmeringgold like the fillings in yourperfect teeth sinking deep we still come up short we have thisin common and it’sContinue reading “if you get an outfit you can be a cowboy too”
reverse dutch boy
the river of my desireonce seemed to flood & drownevery good thing i hadso i built a strong dam& let myself take small sipsfrom the lake that grewyear by year he took a sledgehammer& relentlessly swung &hacked giant holesthrough concrete & rebarstood firm in the rushlaughing as it soaked himhe said, there. you’re free.& thenContinue reading “reverse dutch boy”
kissing/tripping
lovely one in the darkwith the rainbow shiversglowing electric ley linesfrom fresh peachto violent violetunder your handsbetween your teeth gasping offstagefor once this is no performancebut a prayersacred unafraid offeredto the power that brought us here the softness the softnessstrikes like a lightning matchcrying crying into your open mouthbegging pleadingto taste you angelic holy divineContinue reading “kissing/tripping”
tequila lime
i am aching achingto bring you intomy arms my bedas a rock to keep mefrom drifting into seasof terror and sweatand hollow visionsbut i have studiedi know this map welland the place we’d dockwould certainly be roughi will brave these seasalone perhaps you willbe prouder of me
your heart/his heart/my heart
something told me you’d neverbe this happy until you really meant ityou find something worth lovingand hold on tight enough to break ityou get to experience surpriseat its flexibilityand relax into comfortable quietwhen it doesn’t even crack this is universally trueacross the board we scratch and shakewhen our love lines upwith sharp abrasive objects soContinue reading “your heart/his heart/my heart”
do you understand. do you understand. do you understand.
there is no way to stop the process of aging on a physical level so any contract you may have signed with satan or one of his dudes simply means you’ll stop developing & date people in their early 20s & be vulnerable to high school bullies this is not a criticismit’s only the truthContinue reading “do you understand. do you understand. do you understand.”
mattress dungeon 