Ryan Dement

Ryan Dement Aug 2020

I watch old movies
about love
and loss,
and all I can think
is how
they smoked
different cigarettes
back then.

Ryan Dement Aug 2020

Empty.

I think I can
admit
that all I want
to write
is poems.

But for
so many
ugly days
at a time,
I am empty
of even
the fewest
words.

Ryan Dement Aug 2020

Haircut.

You always think
some physical
thing
will change
the
*******
air.

Ryan Dement Aug 2020

Keeping Up.

Tomorrow
and tomorrow
creeps on
such
a petty
pace.

Ryan Dement Aug 2020

Mushrooms.

I take
propranolol
and it makes
my jaw tight,
like mushrooms,
but I flick
my fingers
somewhat
less,
and I'm less
distracted
by beautiful
things.

Ryan Dement Aug 2020

Marijuana.

It's so nice
to be so high
without doing
a thing.

Ryan Dement Aug 2020

Airplanes.

It's so nice
to be so high
without doing
a thing.