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Jamison Bell Jan 2022
The snow was deep but she had found the sacred burial plot
An ancient granite archway over a tomb that read only Cain
She looked up at the crescent goddess and closed her eyes
Embers arose from the ground and danced about her
She whispered her spells fluidly and a fog crept in from the moors
Her freshly sharpened teeth bite her lip until blood spills
Whispering one last spell she takes a smile upon herself
The stones supporting the archway begin to fall out of place
Embers brighter than before envelop her arching form
She feels a surge of warmth emanating from her core
Granite falls and breaks, the smell of rot permeates the air
She collapses to the ground her red dress splayed out
A dark figure emerges from the shadow of the tombs embrace
It draws a deep breath to take in its new time and world
Kneeling down beside the beautiful raven haired woman
It traces its ashy finger down her cheek to her lips
Long had its hunger suffered against itself in vain
Her neck slightly throbbing with every faint breath
The silhouette of her body like the angels who dance with fire
A shimmering of moonlight catches its eye against its will
A gold clasp on a leather bag she’d brought along with her
Securing the bag to itself it found amongst the items currency
It took the gold and stood up before dropping the purse on her face
Then went up the road to Dairy Queen for a chili dog
It met some tourist and got a ride into town on their way through
It set about the next night feasting on  virginal blood
Forgetting all about the lady back at the tomb
And it lived happily ever after
100 · Oct 2018
Grimm!
Jamison Bell Oct 2018
My mind misses you
It’s unhappy with my decision to leave you
It has no nerve endings of its own
So it’s trying to turn my heart inside out
That’s why I know it’s angry with me
And the fact that it has now turned you into a specter
You’re giving me that look
That “you’re being ridiculous” look
I see it every time I close my eyes
Something else my mind is good at
Imagery
So no
I’m not going to forget you
And for that reason, I’ll probably still love you
Long after you think I hate you
You’ll still be here
On my mind
Giving me that look
Jamison Bell Apr 2022
You there lad! Fetch my quill.
And the ink bottle there on the windowsill.
Now fetch more coal and parchment quick.
And shut the door lest I get sick.

There’s this thought that has come to pass.
It’s about a thing that wouldn’t last.
Forgotten people worth forgetting.
A different song in a forgetful setting.

Long ago I watched you by
Some passing stars up in the sky
I set about to know you then
Shooting stars don’t shoot again

It’s that person that you’re sure you know.
If not from now then long ago.
And there you are so sure of them.
But you don’t know where much less when.

But then there’s this unspoken thing.
Annnnnd I just lost interest in going any further.
This is just awful.
You should go shower.
Jamison Bell Oct 2022
I never saw myself in your eyes.
Perhaps it was because you were looking through me.
At the setting sun.
The falling snow.
Or was it someplace you'd yet to see?
A distant galaxy.
Where you could finally shed away the preconceptions.
The misconceptions.
Swimming in a sea of starlight.
It's not where I found you.
It's not where I left you.
Still.
I hope you find it.
Jamison Bell Nov 2021
I could have stayed silent my whole life,
And the outcome would’ve been the same.
99 · Apr 2022
Rain and scotch
Jamison Bell Apr 2022
Is it a measure of strength, resolve, or stupidity?
To say I love you.
Knowing full well,
you’ll never hear those echoed back.

Now I’m just an old man.
Waking up everyday.
Heart in hand.
Holding it up to the sun.
Only to watch it pass me by.

Not much will be said about me.
Maybe a passing thought.
Though at least it can’t be said
That I didn’t love
Jamison Bell Sep 2021
It doesn’t matter how dark the night gets.
It doesn’t matter how thick the forest becomes.
It doesn’t matter how much I drink.
Nor does it matter how much I sleep.
Whenever I turn around.
I’m still here.
And nothing else makes me sadder.
Jamison Bell Oct 2020
I’ve written over a thousand pieces
And I can’t remember one
It’s like smoking
I get the urge to light one up and write one out
Then I flick it off to the side
And when it falls, I know not where
Just words littered behind me
My waypoints
Sometimes
I like to imagine that one day
Someone finds them, reads them, and maybe they mean something
To someone
For once
If not
Well not every day is meant to be remembered
Jamison Bell Aug 2021
I can watch the leaf get torn from its home on high by a callous wind. It’ll fall down into the waiting current of a river.

Then I can imagine myself on that leaf. Rudderless and subject to the whims of the water. Floating gently down the middle of the river. Savoring those moments in the sun and catching my breath in the shade of the trees.

I’d dream of a destination. Where I’d finally find that peace I’d heard her talk about. And these tattered rags of my trials could fall away from me.

Alas though. I followed the leaf. It ended up on the muddy embankment. Because it’s just a leaf. It’s journey wasn’t grand. It lived and will die with no notice.

It seems. Most times. No matter how much I’d like something to be more than what it is. It turns out to be just another dead leaf.



In my mind, I can **** you. I could love you. And still **** you. I’ve let you in for now. Out from the rain. Beside the firelight.
And we’ll talk. For minutes, hours, days, or years.
I’ll get to know the person you want me to know. And in turn I’ll do the same for you. Like a table and a chair. We won’t need each other.
Though it’ll be nice just to have the other there.
And yet. When all is said. I’ll know how you like your tea. You’ll know how to make me laugh. And then.
Then there will inevitably come a day. When I’ll ask if you’d like more tea. You’ll say “yes”. So I’ll get up and walk around behind you to put the kettle on.
And just before you say something foolish like “I love you”. I’ll cut your throat and drag your carcass out of the cabin into the cold.
I’ll go back inside my cabin and shut the door without looking at you. Then I’ll wash the tea cup you were using and put it up in the cubbard.
Not because I don’t love you. On the contrary. I love you more than the wolf loves the moon.
It was because you loved me.



There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She’d **** like a *****. Not one man but two. One day she happened. To see what they saw. And right there and then. She caught sight of her flaw. It wasn’t that she was a bad person you see. She was just dead and not meant to be.



These thoughts are my own, not yours to gather. They’re not to be trusted, or tossed if you rather.

Don’t take them to heart because that’s not where their from. In fact I don’t know from whence these thoughts should come.

Just as your thoughts get passed from your ***. They’ll disperse to the heavens like so much gas.

It just doesn’t matter what we think of each other. Whether you be a wife, son, or brother.

Instead I will urge you, to rely just on yourself. Be who you want, and put who you are on the shelf.



I used to have this friend. She’d find me when I was alone with myself. And whisper to me from the shadows.
Sometimes she was kind. She’d tell me everything was ok. She knew that I knew that it wasn’t. Though she knew I liked to think it so.
Other times. She was cruel. She’d say my name once. Just to make me think someone was there for me. Because she knew that that was all I ever wanted.
I’d swear sometimes I could hear laughter fading.
She was both my bane and my balm. My friend in the darkness.
Then there was that night. I stared long into the shadows in the corner of my room. Hoping to hear her voice. But all I heard was the wind outside.
I asked myself where she’d gone. I didn’t answer. I couldn’t. How could I ever tell myself she was never actually there?
98 · May 2019
Three Separate Incidents
Jamison Bell May 2019
I wondered, often
Fanciful thoughts skewed in color
I saw you
In the rain
There was a bluish hue
You smiled
And I was never the same again


Pierce it just enough to break the skin
Run the blade down to the navel
Let the blood run down between your fingers
Take a moment to sniff it
You’re it’s first
Use your thumbs to spread the wound
Fold the skin back
You have a choice
You can go at it like a pit bull eating a cake
Or you can savor it like a sunset
Either way
Enjoy your orange


You can curse me
Call me naive
Biased
You can say whatever you like
You can do as you will
Bind my hands and cut my throat
Tell me it’s all my fault
Burn the tokens
You can turn your back on me
Tell the stars to ignore my wishes
Drink your coffee and crush my dreams
I’m ok with all of this
However
You can never say I didn’t love you
96 · Mar 2022
I really like your mom
Jamison Bell Mar 2022
There runs a path just to the north where wrinkled giants stand.
A thorny worm as it were that yields upon a river.
There’s not much light along the way.
It’s too sad a place for the sun.
Ancient ghosts whisper their tales along the riverbanks.
There are those that visit here once.
The sad ones.
96 · Apr 2022
Fin
Jamison Bell Apr 2022
Fin
I’m sorry.
Jamison Bell Oct 2018
I had just finished cleaning the bedroom, I even dusted the duster.
I gathered up the condiments, except I forgot the mustard.
She’s stares at me from under the covers a longing in her eyes.
I just needed time to get ready I’d lined up quite the surprise.
It took me a while to get it upstairs, that tank must weigh quite a lot.
I hooked up the lines, check the gauge, sure I’d found the spot.
She got high, I got ready, and I went around lighting up candles.
To look upon her in the morning, you’d think that it was vandals.
The helium tank was empty, and she was feeling fantastic.
We spun and we danced, laughed and cried, it got a little spastic.
Then go figure, I slipped on mayo and she flew across the room.
She bounced off the dresser spun to the candles and that’s when she went boom.
A bright flash of light, she flew out the window, I never saw her again.
Now whenever I smell helium I can’t help but think of her when.
So now I know for next time, don’t ever use noble gases.
They’ll exploded around fire for sure, especially when you bite their *****.
Jamison Bell Dec 2020
I thought about you today
I walked out into the silence
Because I needed that moment
Where I could just stop my world
And think about you
You don’t have to say anything
You could just smile
Or not
Still though
I think about you
96 · Nov 2018
This One is for Quin.
Jamison Bell Nov 2018
What is left of her
What the world leaves behind
After it’s done it’s best
To mold her into something she’s not
The essence
Is all I want
The only truth
Is in the broken pieces
There’s more beauty to be found in the chaos of who she is
Than there is in the whole universe
You learn this
When you realize nothing else matters
If you never get there
Than you were never really here
Jamison Bell Aug 2022
She loved the beach.
The sun kissing every inch of her body.
The soft white sand powder coating her skin.
The contrast of the darkening water to the never ending sky.
And while the beach would always be there for her.
She knew she couldn't stay.
It wasn't who she was.
So she'd swim.
Pulling and straining against the incoming tide.
Giving it everything she had in her.
Until she had nothing left.
Exhausted , she stopped and turned back to face the shoreline.
Alone save for two options.
Sink or swim.
95 · May 2022
In your corner
Jamison Bell May 2022
I like the unnoticed ones. The ones that think they’re ugly or unwanted. So alone even when by themselves. The ones that’ve given up talking because they’ve gone so long with nobody listening.
Not because I think just the opposite of them. Not because I want to be with them. I don’t deserve to be with anyone. I just can’t stand the thought of them going their whole lives feeling like I have for mine.
95 · Mar 2022
Awol
Jamison Bell Mar 2022
My heart has grown quite heavy and I’ll like to lay it down.
To leave it here amongst the wood, on the moss by the stream.
To bask in what light finds its way between the leaves and branches.
Where the ravens watch the wolves who watch the moon.
Where eyes like emeralds caught in the light of a dead star.
I could leave it with her. And she could keep it company.
Though I won’t come back for it.
Jamison Bell Aug 2019
So you want to skin a rattler
Don’t worry I know how
Don’t ask me how I know
Just go get me a towel

First Ned Stark the head
Just throw it in the fire
Do the same with the rattle
Except spare it from the pyre

Now rinse off the body
Soap and water’s fine
Make sure to rinse off all the soap
Don’t leave that **** behind

Now get yourself a razor
Slice that ****** neck to tail
Center down the belly
Careful not to flail

Now pull the skin back from the top
Evenly with both hands
Be careful not to tear it
Or your piece won’t be so grand

Once you have removed the skin
Tack it to a board
Inside up and salt that ****
Those ants will come to board

Now when the hyde is dry
While in your muderous glow
Put the **** up on the wall
And pretend that you’re Rambo
Jamison Bell Jun 2022
Oh to be of such terrible character.
You'd think it would accompany grief.
Nay says I with such attributes.
Tis can be but relief.

Will they or won't they like you?
You already know the answer.
So drink as much as you like
And then belt out some Tiny Dancer.

It solves all your problems in earnests.
Will you ever be happy, maybe succeed in life?
Of course not because you're terrible.
You'll get nothing but hate and strife.

How you'll go about your days.
Wondering if they'll be finest kind.
Or course not you hapless idiot.
Because of you and what's in your mind.

So fret not if you'll ever find love.
Or a sensible reason for being.
Just soak in the fact that you're awful.
The relief is sorta like peeing.
Jamison Bell Oct 2022
If I have no beliefs. No faith. Then I only have thoughts. Thoughts manufactured within a vessel of questionable integrity.

My understanding of reality is solely dependent on my minds interpretation of the world through external stimuli.
However.
I don’t quite trust my minds interpretations.
Sometimes I’m convinced that it has no idea what it’s doing and that it’s just making up **** as it goes along.
So.
Before you ask me if I love you.
You should know that I’m still not entirely convinced you’re not who or what you say you are.
You could just be a figment of my imagination.
Neither one of us can prove our existence to the other.
So.
What do I say?
94 · Nov 2022
Egocentricircumcision
Jamison Bell Nov 2022
I won’t walk to the edges of the world for you.
Not because I don’t love you.
But because I know you won’t be here when I get back.
94 · May 2022
Not good for much
Jamison Bell May 2022
Love
It's the only thing I was ever good at
Just as the sun nourishes the dandelion
Just as the rivers guide the course of the lives that depend on it
I can see to it that her needs are met
If she likes a particular meal
I'll learn to cook it
Should she like the bed made a certain way
I'll see to it
I will listen and I will watch
So that when she cries
I'll know why
Should she need a smile
I'll find the joke
Crafting has never been my suit
Nor can I write her a song
Though there is that one thing
I can do
I can make her feel safe
Warm and loved
For as sure as the sun will rise
Not a day will suffer
Where she can question
Whether or not I love her
Jamison Bell Dec 2021
Spending too much time alone with your thoughts
You start to wonder
Are you really that alone
It’s almost unfathomable
To think
That no one else is there with you
Quietly pacing the halls
Every fiber of your being wants to shout
“Am I really alone!”
But you don’t
Out of fear
Because the thought of hearing no one echo back
Well, it’s unbearable
To most
Some
Well some did ask that question aloud
They got their answer
They’re the ones
That never say a word
Walking by us in the shadows
Longing to comfortably slip into the void
Without so much as a whisper
Jamison Bell Dec 2021
I’m haunted by memories
Ghosts of those I’d put too much faith into
Chain rattling, crimson lipstick wearing, hopeful spirits
They dance about the decrepit ballrooms of my dreams
Scrawling on the walls
“Ketchup isn’t for hotdogs, you’ll never matter, and *******!”
I’d be lying if I said I don’t get sad.
Then though.
I pour another glass of whiskey.
And she reminds me.
That the spirits are right
Ketchup does not belong on a hotdog.
Jamison Bell Sep 2022
Look, I'm going to be honest with you.
I'm not sure what's going on.
Reality and I aren't that close,
we just chat out on the lawn.

There's this cat out there
existing in two opposing states.
And I just learned the other day
that dolphins *******.

I only bang the crazy ones
cause they're the only ones that let me
Though I'd eat some glass to meet the ***
of anyone to get me.

I'm not even sure I think,
so don't even I know I am.
Then again if I were,
would I even give a ****.

You see where the problem lies,
it's that I'm everywhere.
While at the very same time,
I'm never anywhere.

I guess I'm like that cat.
Permanently divided.
If you take away all my lamps.
Well I'd be delighted.
94 · Apr 2022
Hallmark toilet paper
Jamison Bell Apr 2022
We could say we’re here and there when we are not together.
On each other's minds regardless of the whether.
We should be side by side or a thousand miles apart.
If ever I should need you, I need only touch my heart.
Jamison Bell Oct 2019
It’s hard for me to explain to you exactly why I’m here
Just take a hit off this bowl and I’ll try to make it clear
I really have no idea
I was kinda hoping you’d tell me
93 · Feb 2022
Unintended
Jamison Bell Feb 2022
I’m not good
Or
Evil
Nor am I drunk
Or
Sober
I just am
Jamison Bell Feb 2022
I want to burn it all down but I don’t want the responsibility
To laugh at a joke I didn’t hear while drinking from an empty cup
To see her again for the first time and then never again
I’d consume her from the within and never shat her out
Wherein did I leave myself?
The old me.
Under that bridge
Still waiting for the storm to pass
He’ll die there, if he hasn’t already
To hear Fur Elise once more
Under an August moon
I’d die to live in the heart of another
What good is there in good if apathy is king and are we out of maple syrup
93 · Mar 2022
Tranquil intoxication
Jamison Bell Mar 2022
Were you to ever take me there, to that place you find yourself
In the darkness amongst the rows of pines like terracotta soldiers
Bioluminescent dragonflies floating wistfully through the mist
Ensnaring sapphire streams of fire cold and hungry
Sleepless hours wandering aimlessly throughout
I’d ask only to stay a while longer
If it meant I could know you more
92 · Oct 2018
Sometimes
Jamison Bell Oct 2018
Fireflies will dance on columns of white wax above a tablecloth littered with silver and glass.
You’re going to brush your hair behind your right ear while smiling with your chin down.
A few more jokes and your hand reaches across the table as you lean in just a bit.
The check is paid discreetly and you excuse yourself to the restroom as the table gets cleared.
You come out of the restroom to be helped in putting your coat on just before you leave.
The two of you get to the car and just as he opens the door for you, you whirl around and kiss him.
When you finally slide into the seat and he shuts the door, our eyes meet but for a second.
I see pity.
You see some guy sitting there with his amber colored glass, and you know that’s all he has.
Jamison Bell Sep 2018
I beseech you
Please
Make it stop
Say
Goodbye to me
Please
Let me go
It
Hurts to wake
And
Sleep’s no friend
So
I beg you
Say
Goodbye to me
And
Let me go
Once
I am gone
You
Can start forgetting
I
Was ever here
Jamison Bell Nov 2022
I don't know about you.
But I've had enough of me today.
I'm going to go stand in the rain and laugh myself to sleep.
Jamison Bell Oct 2018
Love is the drunk driver of our lives. We can’t control the ******* and yet we blindly jump in every time the silly ******* bangs a u turn, jumps the curb, and shouts to “get in the ****** car there’s no time to explain”!
It’s insane when you think about it. People die over this ****. Horrible movies are made about it. It inflicts millions every year. Does the cdc know about this?
Yet here I am. Side of the road. I just opened the door, tuck and roll. I don’t know where I am or how to get back to where I was.
But I think I’m ok.
That crazy ******* missed the turn and went off the cliff. Screaming some **** about happiness and *******.
She’ll be back.
She always comes back.
91 · May 2022
Come and get your dreams
Jamison Bell May 2022
These, these aren't my dreams.
I know them, as I would an episode of a tv show I might've seen in passing.
I don't know who they belong to.
And I can't say what they mean.
I just know that, much like a destruction of cats, they've found me. Encircling me.
Howling and biting.
And much like the schizophrenic who sees the man at the top of the stairs who isn't there.
I wish, I wish they'd go away.
Jamison Bell Apr 2022
Just prop me up against the fire and pour me a drink.
My seraphim gave up on me today.
She couldn’t stand the cold any longer.
Hence the blood and broken glass.
She covered herself with the first pair of wings.
Told me where to go.
Unfurled her other two wings.
Took off like a **** in the wind.
And I'm pretty sure she stole my butts.
Because I can’t find them.
She said something.
Something about futility.
Practice something.
Oh. That’s right.
She said I'm a practice in futility.
In the distance there I can still see the fallen windmills and burning bridges.
A stray dog stole my last shoe.
Cerberus I think it was.
After Pan tied me to this post.
He said they didn’t know what to do with me.
That’s when I gave it all away.
So when you find me.
Tied to this post here beside the river of fire.
No shoes, bitter, and with nothing to validate who I am.
Just know.
My seraphim left me today.
And I’m positive she stole my butts.
90 · May 2019
Knock knock
Jamison Bell May 2019
Ok. Here’s how it’s going to happen.
I’m going to tell you a joke.
You’ll laugh.
I’ll write you a poem.
You’ll like it.
We’ll hang out.
I’m going to ask about you.
You’ll ask about me.
I’ll give you a vague but reassuring response.
I’ll tell you another joke to change the subject.
You’ll look into my dead blue eyes and wonder.
But just for a moment.
I’ll write you more poetry.
Encouraging **** that references things you’ve told me about yourself.
You’re going to take that as me listening to you and you’ll point it out to your friends.
It’s to validate the eventuality.
Next comes the gesture.
Go with you to see a dying relative, help you bury a rabbit (I didn’t actually bury it. I just threw it in the dumpster. Then I kicked a bunch of dirt around and told you that was the spot. So all that time you were just standing over a meaningless patch of dirt crying.)
We bang.
Then like a **** at an ****, I just leave you feeling disgusted with yourself.
90 · Jan 2022
Imagine me
Jamison Bell Jan 2022
Stars are like glowing snowflakes that have yet to fall. Now show me your *****.

I guess there’s not much more to me than what I say to you
Butchered words, arranged just so, to make you think they’re true

Fact remains, it’s not just me, it’s me just as I’m not
Charred, broken, underwhelmed, and hiding what I’ve wrought

So here I am to try my best and make you feel what I can’t
Drinking whiskey, packing bowls, and penning out a rant
Jamison Bell Feb 2022
A genuine person, wouldn’t be a genuine person.
People, whether as a group or as individuals are disingenuous.
It’s a human thing.
You see.
We’re a fairly young species.
You must keep this in mind when dealing with us.
You’d think that having been around for thousands of years,
we would’ve learned a thing or two.
We figured out the technical stuff.
We went to the moon, cured polio, and found the goats ****** is very similar to ours.
Though, that’s about it…..figuratively speaking.
Though when it comes to being better versions of ourselves.
We kinda threw the baby out with the bath water, into the trash, off to the dump, and set it on fire.
You see.
Despite our extremely advantageous position in the tree of life.
We're not very high up,
ethically speaking.
It’s because we are so young.
And stupid
**** are we stupid
I don’t know if there’ll ever be a world
where we treat each other with unbiased kindness.
Champion empathy and compassion.
Crave honesty unto ourselves and others.
And abolish The Red Hot Chili Peppers because **** if they aren’t just awful.
It’s a nice thought though,
isn’t it?
Kind of like how an **** where everyone pronounces you the king and you get cake and balloons fall from the sky and **** all your enemies, is a nice thought.
Tis all it is though.
Still,
one day we might get there.
Hope springs eternal.
Jamison Bell Feb 2022
I just want to understand
It’s all I ever truly wanted
Was to know the “why”
For what it is

A celestial classroom set perpetually adrift on a magnetic plane
There’s no teacher, though the questions number eternity
And go unanswered

Honestly
If I can’t have the answers
I’d just assume go
Jamison Bell May 2022
I wrote a poem about a girl
In fact I wrote a few
Truth be told I will admit
This girl I never knew

Often she’d tell me things
Things I couldn’t hear
Then she’d show me things
But they weren’t always clear

I’d like to say I knew her
Just so I could say it’s so
Honestly she’s a mystery
So I guess I’ll never know

I wrote a poem about a girl
Tis all I can really say
Maybe one day I’ll meet her
Before I’ve gone my way
Jamison Bell Oct 2022
Let's pretend it never ends and instead goes on like this forever. That reality bends life suspends and we never again say never.
We could sit and watch the stars go out and just eat caramel.
Tickle your *** with a blade of grass and see what time would tell.

Ponder the moment that happened before and see who laughs out first.
Drink all the whiskey in Ireland if only to quench our thirst.
Dance with the waves though not with the bears but under an autumn moon.
And never or ever say never again because never would just be too soon.
87 · Nov 2021
Paint chips and scotch
Jamison Bell Nov 2021
There are countless stories about love, triumph, and discovery. The story you’re about to read. Is about none of those things.

In a village not long ago, underneath a breath of snow. There lived a family of kinder sorts. Albeit slow, all good sports.

And every year the took a tree, from yonder woods, cut at the knee. They dragged it home, their latest ****. And propped it up against its will.

Then they’d sing and set it to light. Confused and scared this tree a fright. They’d sing a song and praise it’s glory. But this tree was to have a different story.

Along with more snow there came too a wind. A silence unknown began to descend. Across the valley, up and into the wood. What was to come would harbor no good.

It’s tracks were cloven like that of a goat. It leapt upon rooftops, mocking the moat. It’s hoof falls muffled by tops of white cotton. It took scent of the air, and found it quite rotten.

It made its way from cottage to cottage. It saw a man take a fruitcake to ****** frottage. It witnessed a woman snorting up snow. While another devoured her up from below.

Disgusted, our creature continued to search. It witnessed a friar defile a perch. It saw a young man go to bed with a priest. And four old lady’s that ******* about yeast.

Ole Mrs Goodhead was down on her knees. While men came and went offering cheese. Her husband the blind poor crippled fool. Thought he got lucky while a goat ate his tool.

Our creature repulsed, threw up on his tongue. And just about then the church bells were rung. In all the commotion he found his query. That one little tree, so tired and weary.

He kicked in the door surprising his host. Standing there naked, his **** between toast. Our creature scoffed and took hold of the tree. “You perverts and freaks, this goes with me!”

Their mother outback getting reamed, the children shouted, shrieked, and screamed. Creature cradling this tree under arm, ran into the wood away from the farm.

The townsfolk rallied, with axes and torches. Leaping from *** swings that sway on their porches. Naked and scared they marched toward the wood. Not a one of these folk knew what they should.

“You tree stealing goat you dare steal our hope. We brought along **** and a whole lot of rope.” They chanted and cursed threatening ****. You would’ve thought there’d be no escape.

Through the wind and the snow they soon saw a light. Clutching their axes and **** cheeks tight. They witnessed the creature replant the tree. Then it unzipped it trousers and started to ***.

The steam was rising from out of the snow. At the foot of this tree that then started to glow. It’s branches stretched and it grew a bit taller. Away from the *******, the drinking, and squalor.

The creature turned, addressing the court. It let out grunt, a huff, and a snort. “Who there among you dares to do this? To steal away this tree where I ****.

I spent my life ******* on trees. From rivers to mountains I **** where I please. Until one Christmas drunk off some cider. I collapsed and stumbled and woke up beside her.

I rewarded her presence by melting her snow, she paid me back with a warm growing glow. So every year I come here for *******. Getting just drunk enough to keep me from missing.”

The townsfolk still naked, some of them dead. Let out an “oh” and lowered their heads. “Please beast forgive us, we know not what we do. We’re ripe with chlamydia, and haven’t a clue.”

The creature still frothing and somehow still *******. Knew what it was the townsfolk were missing. He let go of his tool and reached his hands. Still naked and scared, they met his demands.

They started to sing they started out low, then their screeching started to grow. It cut through the valley like a wet **** in bed. Scaring the children, the wolves, and the dead.

Many years later, that tree grew in height. On Christmas Eve, they bathe in it’s light. They gathered around it ******* and singing. Throughout the valley the bells would be ringing.

Then one Christmas they’d gathered to see just how tall was their ******* tree. A storm rolled in, filled them with dread. Then it fell over and now they’re all dead.
Jamison Bell Mar 2022
Where the wind runs it’s fingers through the fresh grass of spring
Or those moments of solace to which we all cling

Where the waters are warm to touch with cloud capped dunes
And fireflies play under soft crescent moons

Where the mist gathers and turns the world cold and grey
When you think of that night, that story, that day

That’s where you’ll find me if you’d fancy a chat
Just look inside
I’m where you’re at
Jamison Bell Jul 2019
If there’s any correlation
To be drawn
Between loneliness
And what kind of a person you are
I’m ******
Jamison Bell Nov 2022
I was walking across the night sky.
Wading through a sea of fire and gold.
My eyes down as I'm want to do.
I looked up for a moment and immediately thought of you.
I didn't mean for that to rhyme.
I saw this singular leaf suspended by a single strained of web.
Where others were falling.
Here was this leaf seemingly levitating.
I thought.
How fortunate am I to see this.
I've never seen it before and I'll likely never see it again.
Of all the things happening.
It was just myself and this moment of wonder.
So I thought of you.
And how rare you are.
Then I smiled to myself.
Because I know you.
Jamison Bell Apr 2022
I like to imagine each new day is like a fresh page in a book.
As the day starts it’s spiral down the drain, I rarely hold the quill.
I’ve always kinda just let it do it’s thing.
Because I didn’t care.
At the end of the day I skim back over the page.
I don’t read it, the events of the day are of no matter to me.
I’m just looking for your name.
As long as when I look, I can find you there.
I don’t have to tear that page out.
Jamison Bell Apr 2022
I’ll probably just take a walk through the stars like I would a field of wheat.
Run my fingers over the reeds of starlight protruding from a time long dead.
Spend a day with the sun. Take a nap on our quiet moon.
Then I’d like to awaken in an ancient forest by a silver waterfall.
To build a fire. So if you should ever want to find me.
Jamison Bell Oct 2021
I like autumn fires
Hues of amber and crimson
I like my bourbon on the rocks
So that if I hold it up to the light
It looks like the sun riding up of glaciers
I like not being reminded
Of who I am
I like that feeling you get when you run your cold hands under warm water
I like to think about it every now and then
Until it hurts
Then I stop
And I think about you
I like that most of all
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