I was far too young
to feel that alone,
to think about my bones
and the places that
they might go.
How old were you when
you thought about your skeleton?
And not just your skeleton,
but the skeletons
of your friends?
Aug 31, 2014
Aug 31, 2014 at 11:04 PM UTC
digging a hole
in the sky,
nothing's at the bottom
except my mind.
i am shaking
like a leaf
that feels itself
rustling
and i don't know
what to say
when i'm feeling
this way.
gather all the sap
from your overturned,
battered family tree.
you are waving
like a breeze
that hears itself
howling,
and i don't know
what to say
when you're feeling
that way.
Jun 19, 2014
Jun 19, 2014 at 7:33 PM UTC
there was a man,
he had no plans,
he collected cans.
he had a fear of time,
said that clocks would lie,
and lived inside his mind.
all of the neighbor kids
would fashion fibs
about how he lived.
they said, "he's actually rich!"
"his life is a cinch!"
"he doesn't need to live like this!"
"he chose to live like this."
one of his days
it went astray
to an opposite state.
six feet he lay
underneath a grave,
an unmarked grave.
all of the neighbor kids,
they're kicking cans,
a forgotten man.
Sep 11, 2013
Sep 11, 2013 at 8:10 PM UTC
the future lies behind me
*** I don't know what it holds,
and i'm just stumbling backwards
as if i know where i'm going.
but the past is a burnt picture
that i can hardly see,
yet, despite its ashes
it's right in front of me.
so, here's to here
and here's to now.
Aug 26, 2013
Aug 26, 2013 at 10:06 PM UTC
we're just old apes
getting drunk on old grapes
let's rewind like old tapes
And we'll laugh with our red faces on
Aug 26, 2013
Aug 26, 2013 at 10:00 PM UTC
got a stack of quarters
from the bank,
wish i was going to the arcade
but i'm just washing my clothes
paying my bills
******* i'm old.
i'm a copy of a copy
and i'm getting rather blurry
so i need someone
to tell me not to worry
how is it that we can
stand for something
while we sit?
it's strange to play
the exact same game
but call it by such
different names
https://soundcloud.com/kylegandee/copy-of-a-copy-que-ajeno
Jan 29, 2013
Jan 29, 2013 at 3:23 PM UTC
don't chew
what you say,
it's already
in the clay.
don't chew
what you say,
i've swallowed it
anyway.
Jan 16, 2013
Jan 16, 2013 at 3:25 AM UTC
brother,
wake up,
wide-eyed and red-eyed son.
like christmas lights
in the daytime,
with our skeletons in the snow,
with ****** knees and elbows.
what birth did for my body,
let death do for my soul.
like an embrace
from the blackest night,
our necks bent toward the sky,
with telescopes but blind eyes.
Dec 13, 2012
Dec 13, 2012 at 5:08 AM UTC
I.
you're cracking me up.
you are not cracking me up;
you have caulked my cracks.
II.
countries like play dough:
controlled by the hands that mold,
not mountains that fold.
III.
to those that marry,
happy anniversary!
enjoy your divorce.
IV.
then i had a dream
that my teeth were falling out,
how ******* cliche.
Aug 12, 2012
Aug 12, 2012 at 4:28 PM UTC
all the sand in my shoe
and the love i have for you
it all boils down
all the dreams in my head
and the words that i've said
they all boil down
with the weeds in my hair
i don't care if something's there
*** we all boil down
to things beyond me
all the rocks and all the moss
and the minty dental floss
it all boils down
all the fountains at the mall
and the misty waterfalls
they all boil down
we are big yet we are small
in the middle of it all
as we all boil down
to things beyond me
Aug 12, 2012
Aug 12, 2012 at 4:15 PM UTC