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 Jan 2016 Tab
Annie McLaughlin
Stop it.
Stop it, you're hurting me.

pain seeps through my pours
blood stains the newly-bought carpet

No!
Your mother loved that carpet*

I beg
for her to stop;
leave me alone.
I don't like this game anymore

. . .

but my own shaken hand
refuses to set down
the weapon
 Jan 2016 Tab
Annie McLaughlin
if i curl my lashes
long enough
would it
distract you
from the wounds
around
my waist
?
 Jan 2016 Tab
Annie McLaughlin
m. u.
 Jan 2016 Tab
Annie McLaughlin
Y o u    D o n ' t    D e s e r v e    F o r    M e    T o    S p e n d    T h i s    M u c h    T i m e    O n    Y o u

A f t e r    W h a t    Y o u    D i d



B u t    H e r e    W e    A r e*
                                             I'm sorry.
messed    up
 Jan 2016 Tab
Annie McLaughlin
You
apologize
for leaving
but it is not as if
you
       were really here
anyways
 Dec 2015 Tab
Samuel Hesed
Nerds
 Dec 2015 Tab
Samuel Hesed
We are all nerds,
Just looking for the-
Right glasses to wear,
The right pants to lift,
The right tie to bear,
An the right book to pick.
Copyright © 2015 Paul Forbes All Rights Reserved
 Dec 2015 Tab
Samuel Hesed
It stood on a throne,
Made out of lime stone.

It was clothed,
In colorless gold.

It wore a shadeless crown,
Above its brow.

Its heart was frozen-
From winters night.

Its soul was diced,
by Jack Frost's knife.

It stood alone,
In its quite abyss.
Dismissing my stare.

Though it was free,
It looked lost at sea.

For, I waited to hear a plea,
But it was silent as a willow tree.

Time passed-
And it started to bow

To the brown earth beneath its feet,
To the blue sky above its crown.

Though, the journey was over,
And the final Goodbyes were made.

I could never forget the pride in its eyes,
Or why it stood so still.

For to this day,
I question if I'll every discover,
If the White Rose knew,
Of its wonder?
Copyright © 2015 Paul Forbes All Rights Reserved
 Dec 2015 Tab
Ben Wesemann
My Demons
 Dec 2015 Tab
Ben Wesemann
My demons live inside of me
They occupy my thoughts
Locked away in my asylum
Trying to escape
In the dark
Surrounded by silence
They drag me to the edge
To the brink of my catastrophe
Trying to be heard
But I will never let them go
 Dec 2015 Tab
Sylvia Plath
"I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my lids and all is born again.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

The stars go waltzing out in blue and red,
And arbitrary blackness gallops in:
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

I dreamed that you bewitched me into bed
And sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

God topples from the sky, hell's fires fade:
Exit seraphim and Satan's men:
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

I fancied you'd return the way you said,
But I grow old and I forget your name.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

I should have loved a thunderbird instead;
At least when spring comes they roar back again.
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)"

— The End —