why does he drag himself back to my pyre,
disturbing the pools of blood barely settled
from our last battle
his body cleaves through red seas
that slowly merge behind him
panting as he hauls,
isn't he tired?
is he so determined to have changed
since our last bloodletting?
he may no longer hoard matches,
but even up this high I hear
the distinct clicks of an empty lighter,
flint assiduously hitting steel,
the soft flicks, a forewarned tempo,
the dreaded count down
Dec 29, 2020
Dec 29, 2020 at 4:23 PM UTC
He finally brought me the stars,
plucked quicksilver apples from the night sky,
and I devoured them.
Dec 27, 2020
Dec 27, 2020 at 10:22 AM UTC
my hands hover above his skin
ready to begin a glorious prelude,
a lithe overture
smooth ivory lay beneath my fingertips
where anticipation mounts,
palms tingling, aching to travel
across satin scenery, the supple canvas
my covetous joints crave
the staging of a sacred symphony
Dec 26, 2020
Dec 26, 2020 at 4:10 PM UTC
Always waiting for the next breath
that fills my lungs, fills
this hollowness that sits
at the end of each exhale.
Holding
and releasing.
It's all part of The Long Wait:
the train platforms, bus stops,
the red lights, traffic,
the weekdays, happy hours,
the grocery store aisles and lines...
the first breath, this very breath,
and the next half a billion or so.
Dec 5, 2020
Dec 5, 2020 at 1:18 PM UTC
the long descent
further into herself,
arms sore from hefting up
this holy sword and slashing
into the rotten bits
blessed perspiration gathers
along her nape,
upon her brow,
under her swollen ******* and
between divine crevices
Nov 25, 2020
Nov 25, 2020 at 9:24 PM UTC
You expected a girl,
your own notion of femininity.
You expected me to laugh, to talk,
but only in bubbles,
Wonka’s fizzy lifting drink.
You expected to float
on my wiles
I’d heft you up while you cruise.
Well, you get nothing.
You lose.
Good day, sir.
Aug 10, 2020
Aug 10, 2020 at 1:35 PM UTC
I feel the need to fill it all up,
my days, that is,
gather plans and gorge
on seamless social interactions,
slurping up smiles and gulping
down the cool liquid of laughter,
picking my teeth with the bare bones of boring conversation.
I’m an introvert, but time alone isn’t helping anymore.
Alone, I spiral. I starve.
What is the purpose?
Someone distract me from these things in my head called thoughts.
Nourish me, I am dying and I’m wanting it, too.
Please,
laugh until my stomach is so stuffed that I heave out another joke.
Talk until I bite my tongue and bleed, eagerly chewing, cheeks
hurting.
What neon emptiness has driven me here
to the all-you-can-eat buffet?
While I feast on my friends under these fluorescents
my shadows only wait.
Aug 9, 2020
Aug 9, 2020 at 7:18 PM UTC
it's the smoldering
slight crackle of a joint,
a cigarette
the sizzling spark
slithering to set off fireworks,
TNT
the blackening wick
burning up wax
or wood
fire set to photographs,
slow swirling smoke
rising above red flags
Jul 23, 2020
Jul 23, 2020 at 10:22 AM UTC
he promised the moon,
he promised the stars,
made the girl from Venus
love the guy from Mars
and he gave them to her,
all of these things--
a bright white dress,
a sparkling ring
but each moon has a dark side,
each star does die out,
forms a depthless blackhole
of crippling doubt
Jul 21, 2020
Jul 21, 2020 at 12:02 PM UTC