Esridersi

Esridersi Mar 2019

background

I am the son
of a man whose
impotence in love
sought refuge in lust.

#fatherhood #love #fear

Esridersi Feb 2019

unpaid attention

water-slicked concrete
won't deter the idiots
from Snapchat selfies

#haiku #driving

Esridersi Feb 2019

Gray Ham

falling in love
with love is like
searching frantically
for your iPhone
in 1847.

Esridersi Feb 2019

Vase

dead roses
thorn-pierced
to violets,
like
our hate,
in
a watered glass
grave.

#haiku

Esridersi Feb 2019

Eighty-two

if light weighed like lead
and your smiles were cheap
we'd ignite Manhattan
with some cents and a sheep
crushing them all, dead.

atomic number

#love

Esridersi Feb 2019

well worn beauty

your stretch marks, my dear
like cascading ripples of rose, or
wrinkled dryer sheets.

Esridersi Feb 2019

philosophy of language

strictly speaking,
there exist no
referent
for Yesterdays Aches
or Tomorrows Concerns
in the Real World -
just
quaint tongue dances
and groans
of the throat.

"worry is preposterous" - Wi Po Yang

#worry #philosophy #mind #dao