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364 · Dec 2019
Christmas
That Guy Dec 2019
Went home for Christmas,
and I found some love light there.
It's all I wanted.
Hope you find some too. If not just come to my house, we have pie.
361 · Dec 2019
My Father: Voice
That Guy Dec 2019
My father's voice
Is quite like a canyon:
deep, rocky, and beautiful.

My father's voice
Is much like a desert:
dry, windy, and darkly colorful.

My father's voice
Is just like the ocean:
blue, misty, and black in it's reaches.

My father's voice
would be ever more pleasing
If he would just shut up.
I just need a moment of silence.
321 · Dec 2019
drip drop
That Guy Dec 2019
more?
drip drop
in you pop
black as in plain
my only true friend
please ease my condition
yes appease my addiction
oh lord give me some substance strength
my brain hurts and my soul is aching
if I could rest just a little longer...
  couldn't kick you if i was stronger
dairy would make me a liar
sugar's for dishonest tongues
for your my strong weakness
your heat and sweetness
is bitter-sweet
am i fine
drip drop
drop
mornin'
284 · Dec 2019
"I am still here"
That Guy Dec 2019
I am so tense.
I am so dense.
I am so small.
But, I can call
"I am still here"
I am still here
236 · Dec 2019
Munky
That Guy Dec 2019
MUNKY, DON'T TOUCH THAT!!
Great, now it's all broken bits.
Well, it's too late now.
Bad Munky.
227 · Dec 2019
Why
That Guy Dec 2019
Why
One does not close the gap
of eleven years.

Because each one is a mile long and ten deep.

It's much easier to
Build a long rope bridge.

Because metal and stone take time to build out.

Easier but fleeting,
As it did collapse.

And I felt as though my efforts were wasted.

Cause' she couldn't give me
the real reason why.

Why she could leave me without a single word.
I wish I knew, but this is my best guess.
219 · Dec 2019
A Permian Sunday
That Guy Dec 2019
ACT I
in a Gorgonopsid's mind, morning
oo, hungry
sniff ****
sniff sniff
no sniffkill
****
feed little
little cry hungry
little food me food
little cry moma
little no
food, ****, little
food **** food **** food ****

ACT II
in a dry grassland, afternoon
run hot run hot run hot run hot run hot
sniff ****
sniff sniff
SNIFF ****
RUN RUN **** RUN
SMALL HEAD!!
RUN RUN run run stop
hide
small head
hide crawl
no grass
...
.....
.......
RUN!!!
RUN **** RUN **** RUN ****
SMALL HEAD!
small head scream help, no help
JUMP
K  I   L     L
...
....
.....
ha ha, small slow head
food

ACT III
in the shade of a boulder, evening
little food
little eat
small yum head
good food
little sleep
...
good little

ACT IV
in the Gorgonopsid's den, night
hm?....
hot? night?
B     O      O      M
den crumbles
****!!
LITTLE
RUN RUN RUN RUN
OW!! FIRE!!
FIRE?! ROCK FIRE?!?
B   O   O   M
RUN RUN
SAVE LITTLE
SAV-
B     O      O      M
little cry moma
...
....
.....
......
fire

THE END
Gorgan moma and little have a lovely Sunday in the Permian era.
Kind of a weird one, just thought this was interesting
206 · Feb 2020
A speck
That Guy Feb 2020
A
speck fell
on the ground.
can't make a sound.
though it sure does try.
"God said let there be light"
"God is dead, and we killed him"
there is no way to clean it up.
there is no too much nor an enough.
for that small speck that fell there on the ground.
they say it was ol' Prometheus
that lent the speck a torch to tame
grown bright's the light of that flame
but black water stays cold
and never needs fuel
it see's it's fall
tries to call
and hits
ground
a small fall on small dirt
138 · Jan 2020
Some Kind of Way
That Guy Jan 2020
The Judge, Jury, Jailer, and *******,
Come all at once
At the same time, In the same place.

At the same time, the trial begins
at any time.
In the morning, in the shower,
at the office, at the bar,
it doesn't matter
when or where,
it's only why
and why
and why and why and why and why and why.

They speak together:
"Why would you run from it with a 30 minute mile?"
"Why would you hide with the subtlety of a bull moose?"
"Why get out of bed when you know you won't make it?"
"Why waste that pain on your money and peace?"
"Why don't you just get it over with and die?"

And why
and why and why and why and why and why.
It's enough to drive you crazy.
But you know what they say,
Better to pull out your teeth
to feel some kind of way,
than feel nothing at all.
Weird brain stuff.
135 · Dec 2019
Little Man
That Guy Dec 2019
Little Man, little voice
that screams so softly
that others won't hear.

Little Man, that whispers
not half as sweetly
as bitter, dry tears.

Hiding there, in the bathroom mirror.
He bears my face,
and wears my voice.
I scramble for him,
and off he goes
to muddy my coffee cup.

Waiting there, in the office corner.
One more mistake,
a useless choice.
I cower from him.
He jangles in  
my face a dirt hourglass.

Awful thing, please let me sleep.
Little Man: I love you so.
What does he tell you?
119 · Dec 2019
Thank You Note
That Guy Dec 2019
Thank you,
For sitting quietly on the toilet lid as I cried in the shower and not
   correcting a stupid kid who had no reason to.
For tapping lightly my chest as haggard nurses pinned me to the
    examination chair so my father could better see my UTI.
For your gentle words when the angry cooks screamed at a boy
    who knew not what he did.
For teaching me when he stalked our halls and dimmed our lights
    just to blacken his blood.
For staying with me after she left, cause I knew you wanted to give
    her a piece of your mind.

Oh Death, thank you for waiting.
Patience is a virtue, as they say.

With love,
Me
thanks bud

— The End —