Now that we've learned
to love each other
so freely,
we make private fun
of everyone else.
We barter our secrets
for slices of carrots
or getting the door.
We negotiate our names,
swap stories for stories,
sell future favors
for the *** we just made.
At night we lock the door
and smoke each other
like cigars.
We scatter our profits,
roll around our wealth.
We soar like stocks.
Jun 27, 2023
Jun 27, 2023 at 11:44 AM UTC
I gently **** your snakebites
to taste as brave as
you.
Jun 26, 2023
Jun 26, 2023 at 9:32 AM UTC
I don't think I've
ever been in love
with someone
who wasn't a
friend.
I don't think I've
ever had a friend
who I wasn't
a bit
in love with.
Jun 20, 2023
Jun 20, 2023 at 12:49 PM UTC
Drops drop in, out,
around,
the whole shape of me,
tracing my creases and
loving my lines.
That, and nothing more.
I soap myself silent
and refuse to be jealous
of how well water
knows me.
Jun 16, 2023
Jun 16, 2023 at 2:44 PM UTC
I've grown less fond
of grubby dreaming,
have had enough of hope.
I distrust bright colors
and new mirrors.
I need layers of dust
to recognize
my lived-in eyes.
Jun 16, 2023
Jun 16, 2023 at 1:10 PM UTC
I know every inch
of this, my hell,
and I've never seen
you before.
Jun 15, 2023
Jun 15, 2023 at 6:43 PM UTC
The lines of your body
swerve and sway,
but I have found my faith,
and all roads lead home.
Jun 15, 2023
Jun 15, 2023 at 6:40 PM UTC
Every time I boil water
my mind bubbles elsewhere
hotter hating those long
dead half men
who braided you
painful patterns
caulked you into their
weedy concrete
buried you in their cheeks
to hide their untimely clenching
and us younger uncles
pure and weak
left with nothing else
but to sigh
and scorch pots.
Jun 7, 2023
Jun 7, 2023 at 3:11 PM UTC
Your pain is a false debt
I want to forgive.
Jul 14, 2022
Jul 14, 2022 at 1:44 PM UTC
On the best back way to the park
I met an old well-meant friend,
gave him greetings, condolences,
and directions,
everything I'd found since.
Jul 14, 2022
Jul 14, 2022 at 1:42 PM UTC