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Thank You for Smoking (poem)

Oh, honey, I will and I do will drink that drink and milk that honeydew from you no lists for you just trysts and kiss  pure bliss Twin Peak I peek Thank You For Smoking been choking on a chicken who's been obstructing my very soul hip to hip spider swing real slow you're my only crush my only eye The Apple the lipstick  the lotion  the eyeliner and heels the banter for you to eavesdrop upon   Did I reach for a secret too soon? I want all of your shadows at midnight The fight that takes flight  grip my face just right and know all outside of our mouths is sheering madness. Gladness is your warm gun, bell tower hair trigger sun.  All of their gods and children can run. We be doin' what Adam and Lilith's instinctively done, no prenup or insurance premium.    You want hours or days?  Touches or torture?  If we could find time to nurture... It's all conjecture and speculation. Anticipation in appr...

Stay (poem)

Family was a mere word to me. Phantamsnial phenomena, distant memory. Phantom nostalgia comes to visit. The affliction? E xquisite.   You can build that Wonderwall You can be a feather and you can be a stone but just stay and say that  I'm home. Whisper into my mouth, keep all the promises. Buy me that painting carve my name in that tree You can yell, you can critique  but please, don't you leave Too. Can't endure the thought of losing, can't stand this emotive of love.   If I can't get your hugs, I'll strive for shoves.   Because indifference can't win. If we did the wrong thing, it'd be my favorite sin. This feels uncanny, your eyes always shine. My hands will get clammy, won't you please be mine? On every Valentine, on every day. Would you waltz this-a-way and be my Michael Walter? Would you come to replenish my soul with your water? I love you like I love all of the music, I love ...

The Grid (poem)

Strange, is your southern comfort. A cracked withering queen. Your meat's not free range. Heightening nothing but your senses. But oh, what a scene.  Lowering your sensibilities.  Forgetting your responsibilities.  There's no humanity in your consumption.  Fully dubious, that there ever was. Comes the time, for retribution.  She's got money for make-up, clothes, booze, 'n' drugs. She's got time for temptations, corruption, hoes, 'n' thugs. Another selfie in the bathroom. Another boy in the bedroom. Huffing perfume.  Putting filters on her eyes.   Now she never cries. Just screams. Like she screamed in the ride      to the hospital     to the therapist  Life makes it hard to cope     when you're related     to your rapist  Love can make you lie,     make you acquiescent   ...

4 Inches Tall (poem)

Couldn't be more clearer, Video's the new mirror. My heart's broken glass, stitched sideways & broken. Makes the sound of someone creakin' 'Cuz they was speakin' and hadn't yet Spoken for the day... ...treacherous in that type of way.   I sing the blues to my palms, No one hears my songs.  Or feels the chasm  that's inside of me. Or recognizes these Psalms. With a struggling butterfly yearning to be free. Gaslighted in a bell jar. Hobbled me & said I'd go far.   Said wish on stars.   Bang the erasers for the teacher.  Cry in a bathroom stall or with Reckless abandon at 80mph After all you're just a pink flower. How many petals have you gotten plucked?  And how many times have you been fucked_           _over? When it's done, is it undone? Screaming boxing matches in this deadly living room full of mold spores and silent snores, how neatly ...

Better Off Alone (poem)

A quick suicide with a two-sided razor, If I added my blood—it’s just for flavor. I watched over her like a worried mother, Surveyed  her surrender to a Soma Coma And I would never judge her because I understand her disease and her need To escape from this quality of life & this cost of ‘living’ And the erroneous tee-vees that act like it’s reality they’re giving. Her head, It starts to nod. Her words, Get blurred and she starts to sob, Over how she needs to get a job. & I think that it’s odd that her head starts to bob And she looks less like hippie and more like odd. I’m indentured. Should not have ventured this far from home. Sadly comprehending                 I’m better off alone.