Barton D Smock

Barton D Smock 20m

the eyes
in a sad
race
a game
of godless
tag

Barton D Smock 59m

bodies don’t last long
in heaven
a study
was done
the circumcised
smoke
too fast
I don’t
love data
these babies
letting god
take shape

Barton D Smock 3h

NIGHT THING

Carried
by a parent
one becomes
a ghost.

I can fall asleep anywhere.

Crucifix, cop car, etc.

Mirror,
the photo’s chapel.

Days my son
forgets to walk.

Barton D Smock 21h

PARADISE

Kids toss an egg as high as they can

Run, or don’t

Barton D Smock 2d

CELEBRITY THING

Distance makes touch in the skull of an angel

Beheads god in front of a star

Poetry didn’t save us
And we weren’t smart

Barton D Smock 2d

VIOLENT THING

Emptiness uses the unfed to see time.

The angel of dearth
Is the dead
Twin.

A comma is in a bird.

Barton D Smock 3d

SADDEST THING

Thunder forgets
its god.

Television, our widowed star.

I’m in all of my dreams.