i’m buried
deep in the ground
in darkness and doubt
reaching and breathing
dirt
but knowing there’s
something inside
fed by faith that
will be born when the
time comes bursting
through this brittle
shell shedding
this heavy skin emerging
into the atmosphere until
it blocks the moon creating
a new day from night
its leaves the sky its petals
the clouds its sweet center
smelling of mango
shining salvation.
:0
poetryall of you can rot in hell
‘cuz i know i’m right
about how little potential
really matters in the end
yeah i’m on top of the fucking
world and i aint comin’ down
for shit
all of you can keep throwing
your bricks about the height
of grass, we don’t need
any more carbon dioxide
yeah i dropped the box
and can see circles and
triangles
lovebitch why don’t you come over here and set me free i don’t want your sister’s disease i just want to kill kill kill kill kill
i just want to kill kill kill
For everything.
poetryFirst time for everything.
Don’t slip and fall and die.
But then,
there’s a first time for everything.
who da man?
poetrywatching my man talk,
i felt a sense of pride
not because i believed
but because i liked
the way he talked
(and perhaps the way he walked)
and how there was no fear
to be disagreed with
so long as the conversation
kept truckin on.
keeping you healthy since 1980
poetryold wives tales
heading advice we know is garbage
and choosing to wear sweaters
just because our mothers are cold
eating apples obsessively
because of embarrassing rhymes
unworthy of even the worst poetry
books
and brushing our teeth for three
whole minutes for reasons we remember not
but surely have something to do
with some sort of film of black and white
cartoon
narrated by our grandfathers
but forgetting all along
our bodies (be they ours or someone else’s)
still end up in dust
and mold eaten by that which even
we would not dare to eat
whether you help us out or not
we’re only postponing our inevitable
trips to that eternal golf course above
Delicious
poetryI’ll drink the orange juice
from the jug
and I’ll eat too much
cheese on my sandwich
and I’ll probably leave
the bread bag untied
and open on the counter
but I promise
I still love everyone.
heroes
poetrywatching you
i remember the promise
that you once possessed,
now squandered and broken,
lying on the floor in pain
like a girl regretting
her thrown away virginity,
like you regret
your loss of purpose,
like i regret
the loss of my way.
truth is fleeting
poetrywhy would you kill yourself
over the same thing again?
those smiles look so good
from a distance, just like
everything else. there’s
nowhere you can get where
you wont be and there’s
nothing you can see that
you can’t see and there’s
no one you’ve met that
you haven’t torn to pieces.
and if you take the pill
it will just dissolve
in your stomach like
all the rest. just
like
all
the
rest. and you know how
much you hate all the rest.
diah, dieer, diaree the shits
poetry
visit after visit after visit
to lou.
you’d think he’d get mad
with people crapping all over
him
and i just keep wondering
with this much water coming
from back there
why do i pee afterwards?
hersheys squirts
we’re not friends anymore
oxygen
poetrylike a drowning man
coming up for air i
step out of this building
and into winter’s sharp
wind dying to breathe
you in.
Damaged Tissue
poetryWe assume it’s only damaged nerves
but there’s no good way to be dead sure
just stick your hand back in the fire
and tell me what you feel
So if it burns you’ll be alright
we’ll only keep you over night
but if you don’t feel anything
at least we’ll know the deal
how not to deal
poetrywhile i don’t know all the details,
i do know you weren’t supposed
to be there
nay
you were never invited
and that weed they slipped in
your pipe is the reason for your
blissful buzz
Foul Weather
poetryBut if all the things
you ever weather
end up less then
fair,
consider me your
foul-weather-friend.
And I’ll tie me to
the mast with you.
the ground has something to say
poetrythey told me it’s rules
you have to
and slapped it on my face
it’s not my fault
i’ve been crawling in it
and still don’t quite get it
but you, you seem fine
with everything constrained
you make it work
she makes it roll off
her shoulders
and i’d like to know how
she keeps the soldiers
at bay–
with lips
like that;
and the subtlest breeze
knocks me down
where i walk upside down
and you, well
you’re oh so small
in this wonderland.
because you disgust me
poetrycant find the thoughts i left
in the room next to your kitchen
which i hesitate to call dining
or even den given the state its in
and the disarray is distracting
at best knowing i should have
written on something more robust
than a napkin thus making me
downright mad i was interacting
with such a face as yours
in such as house as yours
over such thoughts as yours
Spew
poetryScarcely do I find myself
volatile enough to spew
ichor from both my ends
at once.
Usually, it’s only one
or the other.
But recently, i’ve
been paying attention to
your technique.
Watch this.
and i’ll always be waiting waiting for you
wait a second
this has been done before
Broken Record
poetryI can walk in to
the same damn
conversation
three days out of
the week,
but even after
hearing the same
stupid arguments
over and over and
over and over and
over again,
I still have no idea
what we’re yelling about.
autumn remains
poetrypiles of wet leaves
burn a subtle orange sheen
in this winter rain.
you live above the earth
poetrycage that free bird
you
miniature man
lock him up
business is good
they bring you
things on silver
platters
nevermind that
you could pick
those berries
yourself
nevermind the
virtue of patience,
staring at the
earth from your
plush palace,
a few aesthetic
degrees of separation
for comfort.
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