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gabriel bates Mar 2015
rain drips from the dead limbs of trees & i think about those old monsoons. the road trip was dead silent this time. those two years were a storm. he said we're going back home, i said my body's tired of making homes out of empty houses. my final house with him was drafty & small. i'm moving out but i'm done trying to find home. all i remember was how his chokehold blossomed into warm embrace.
gabriel bates Mar 2015
this house is full of stories. it took decades to get this many pictures on the wall. we all exist together under this roof. but at night, we're all somewhere else. everyone coughs from one too many cigarettes. swallows always find their way back home. i wonder how many pictures line this wall.
gabriel bates Mar 2015
i can't remember the last time i was rendered speechless. no comforting words come to mind. that might be for the best. the sudden realization of a draining hourglass is a blow that cannot be lessened. silence might have to do. it's crazy to think of weird, stupid things like that. there will be no silence tonight.
gabriel bates Mar 2015
today all of my old poems are dead. walking down snowy broadway, i leave a trail of them in hopes that someone will pick them up. it's too cold out here for ghosts like myself & if the sun opened its eyes, every one of us would drown. it's all a slow melt.
gabriel bates Mar 2015
in every day, there is a short span of time. a tiny corner only a certain kind of man knows of. he will sit alone in a dark room, smoking a cigarette or maybe finishing off last night's bottle. the rest of the world is a sleeping giant. it knows nothing of this corner or what happens here. soon the man will have to leave his empty bed & face the giant. it will do to him as it pleases. but the man will have hope. his corner awaits him.
gabriel bates Feb 2015
the church bell tolls & these hands are colder than ever. one road winds while another comes to a dead end. i'll see you soon, i'm sure of it.
gabriel bates Feb 2015
i held you in my arms & cradled you to your grave as you heaved your last breath. nine lives is a lie, you only get one crucifix.
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