
like winter. She's a splinter
stuck under his skin. Growing
stubble on his chin. He shaves
it off. But it rises like
a nagging cough. Every night
he sees her set like the sun
in the west. She's a rolling tide
rushing toward the shore,
oil clogging his pore. Like a Purple
Martin flying south, she'll strike
like a cottonmouth. She's a disease
that drops him to his knees. When
he thinks he's over her wind
stirs branches scraping his window
pane. Drawing out his pain in beads
of nightly sweat. He crashes like a jet.
13h ago
Jun 3, 2026 at 7:30 AM UTC
brush you off
with the wave of my
hand like a piece of lint
or a strand of hair you'd
float into the summer
air inside the sun's
electric glare. If I
could stomp you
with my foot
I'd squish you like
a bug inside the deep
tall grass. And you'd
pass like built up gas. If I
could run you over with my
lawnmower. After all you are a
**** Plow you down at high speed.
3d ago
May 31, 2026 at 7:18 AM UTC
plane a million miles high
in a spilled ink canvas
sky. Climb aboard a sleeper-train
across mountains, deserts and
plains. The "clickety-clack”
of wheels on the tracks and
whistle blowing roaring
through the stations
taking you to far away
destinations. Aboard a cruise
liner, one with an all-night
diner. And sail with the whales
across the pond to Wales. Smell
the salty sea, strong as my chai
tea. No matter how you go,
don’t make it slow!
7d ago
May 27, 2026 at 8:34 AM UTC
painted fog in
your bathroom mirror,
striped bans of sweat. The
closest you'll get near her is
a pixel-faced image. She'll be
a breath you exhale in the cold
winter morning, a puff of cloud
hanging like a viper without
warning. She'll be
ringing in your ear,
the clapper inside striking
every fine downy hair. You’ll not
shake her loose. She'll trumpet
in your head like a long neck
goose. She'll be a hallucination,
a brunette silhouette, an aberration.
May 24
May 24, 2026 at 7:54 AM UTC
chestnut eyes
roasting over flames in
salted lies. Or that proboscis
monkey nose swinging
like a pendulum in those
heated throes. Or those
elephant ears that double as
an umbrella. And those flapping
gums that sing a cappella. Or
that winter hill stripped bare
that sprouts no flowers, not
a sapling strand of tendrilled
hair. Erase the whole face
from me, eyes and nose, lips
and teeth. Take the body with
it too. Burn it all in the flue.
May 20
May 20, 2026 at 7:00 AM UTC
like cool crisp crimson
leaves flying off the trees on
an autumn day. Like downy
feathers in the robin's nest
circling the wind off their
baby's speckled brown
breast. Like fluff from
the cottonwood tree snowing
down, dropping its seeds. Scatter
you fluffballs into the air. Gallop
like a strong-willed mare. Dance
like a kite floating in a cornflower
sky, over the roof tops and
waving goodbye. Like a dozen
balloons untethered with glee, drifting
in the clouds waggling like a bee.
May 17
May 17, 2026 at 9:32 AM UTC
in pants and buttoned shirt,
a cold-blooded reptile
who likes to flirt. He changes
colors like leaves in
autumn. You hit the high
then fall to the bottom. Intoxicating
like strawberry wine. Like wet
laundry he’ll string you
up on the line. He's dripping
black into your white. You’ll turn
gray overnight. But oh! His smile
has teeth. You'll hang on his door like
a Christmas wreath. Like the seasons
he runs hot to cold. Remember December
brings the snow. Rising like a golden
sun, turning black when day is done.
May 13
May 13, 2026 at 7:52 AM UTC
a cloud of beaded pearls
strung together in a
tabernacle sky sweating
like a microwave pie.
She's Rain
wet and cold, pelting
down, a roaring cascade,
in stilettos and black suede.
She’s Wind
rolling like an ocean
wave, cutting men
like their morning shave.
She’s Thunder
crackling like crispy
skin of roast pork, piercing you
like a mowing fork.
May 10
May 10, 2026 at 7:53 AM UTC
like his striped necktie after
a long evening of brusque
goodbyes. He hangs it up
in his skeleton closet with shirts
and pants. And rants of
greener days when bread was
thick and honey glaze. Like his
shoelaces loose, untied
he kicked off and tossed
aside. Like a seatbelt unbuckled
after the ride he jumped out
on the fly. Like a rusty hinge
he does not hold. She wore him
down. Now he's too old. The nest
he built fell apart, piece by
piece, **** by ****
May 6
May 6, 2026 at 7:01 AM UTC
with feet and brain
rolls like beads of
painted purple crimson
dew dropping on his
running shoe. Burgundy
wine on a white carpet
the tannins and pigments are
a tar pit that cannot be
wiped clean. A black
ink marker on the old man's
leather couch embedded like
a joey in his momma's
pouch. He cannot wipe
the blood from the scene. It's
there for all. And all have seen
this human stain.
May 3
May 3, 2026 at 7:13 AM UTC