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Keenon Brice Feb 2016
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i feel like i'm swimming in death
"what am i doing"
idk
everything is poetry
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- sorry I can't get anything done (mom) I'm OBSESSED with myself!
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i just...
its all too much (!)
eats a hot dog
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(i'm just burning is the thing)
i've been burning all month
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(shh, i'm talking to my disease)
(shh, i'm in dialouge with my disease)
**(i'm quiet because i'm communicating with my disease)
Keenon Brice Oct 2016
So many bumps in the unfolding of a day,
a month,
a year,
a series of eclipses
brought me to an inner caving

to become reunited with the fact that i am on a path going somewhere, i do not know;

desperately trying to retain scraps of the past
in the efforts of a sense of longevity,
my life has become absorbed by the feeling that i lack it

its a nice try
but you can't really force anything
its no longer for a reason
it wouldn't be your past if you were still living in it

elements still remain the same
but you don't listen to the ramone's anymore
or watch horror movies and existential dramas on a daily basis

that energy though, that desire for that energy
that release,
that expression
is still there; its just transformed.

you didn't lose anything,
you just went to the next level.

its just this need to be so extreme, still
the need to busy myself
to fill up the time w/ new things.

why not just embrace the coming and going?
the subtlety of it
why does that have to be "death" as we know it?
the going of the old and coming of the new

after ever having never been a beach person, i now realize that it is a setting for the embracing of the state (event) of transition

i guess that's why i've been being attracted to it, and the moon;
to water.

theres so much ebb and flow.
the being "ruled" by "something"
"something" so much larger than you
but i am brought back down to the imagery of the here and now,
of my basement,
to the need for me to cast my life out like a fishing line;
to stop eating the words of others in hopes of sustenance.
to stop eating their poison,
depression;
illness; inner decay

to take the sins of others off the menu.

Can that realization be enough?
that i don't want to devour anything, anymore

Learning to not devour worlds as a life lesson.

and knowing that the world i want to be in
is the one of reminding myself that it's okay to wander,
a world of nurturance
of feeding and being fed.
Keenon Brice Dec 2016
i look in the mirror and start to see the changes i've longed for;
the signs of improved health
weight gain.
clearer skin.
But i'm reminded by these simple glances
that i don't have the 'right' relationship w/ happiness
contentment.
appearances.
surfaces.

i entertain the question "does growth bare no real fruit?"
and that's why i resist being.
i'd rather be dark.
a force.
a raw healing gem.
a diamond in the rough.
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Keenon Brice Feb 2016
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you filled your house with sugar and salt
and forgot to connect it back to a single thing
lack of awareness continues to poison your offspring
though there was really nothing you could have done about that anyway
(2)
Keenon Brice Jun 2016
(2)
every blue moon i show up (come home) (at my family's home)
go into every room,
leaving (leave) messes,

build up momentum
spiral lose control
crash and burn
eventually giving into sleep

i rise out of the couch
clawing my way out of (through) knitted blankets
pull the debris off my body
and feel my blood returning to me
Keenon Brice Feb 2016
it's just embarrassing to speak to someone who doesn't want to listen
you don't have to tell me i'm sick
as if its something outlandish
i accept my illness
i've been in therapy for months
shows how little you know
or care to know (how little you care to know)
i guess it's more convienent for you to only see illness in me
to make me the permanent black sheep
(a bad seed)
the festering (open) sore of the family
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Keenon Brice Feb 2016
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inevitably, ultimately
that space exists
(i now see how close i've been trying to live to it)
the place in between extremes
that breeds apathy
that i'm realizing i can be alright with
maintaining
polishing even,  like i would any other part of myself
that has the potential for rot, neglect, decay
tending to it
to prepare for,
becoming friends with (befriend) nothingness
(3)
Keenon Brice Jun 2016
(3)
every blue moon i show up (come home) (at my family's home)
go into every room,

build up momentum
spiral lose control
crash and burn
eventually giving into sleep
leaving messes

i rise out of the couch
clawing my way out of (through) knitted blankets
pull the debris off my body
and feel my blood returning to me
Keenon Brice Mar 2016
(oh yeah)
(right)
thats what feels bad
(not right)
(that the bone has been eaten away)
(i'm feeling where the bone has been eaten away)

all of a sudden i'm back in my body

disease has so much personality
(when (once) you humanize it)
(you just have to humanize it)

i thought i learned that before
Keenon Brice Mar 2016
(oh yeah)
(right)
thats what feels bad
(that the bone has been eaten away)
(i'm feeling where the bone has been eaten away)

all of a sudden i'm back in my body

disease has so much personality
(such trajectory)
(once you get to know it)
(you just have to get to know it)
(when (once) you humanize it)
(you just have to humanize it)

(floss so hard you (i, we) get out the familial grief  in between your teeth)

i thought i learned that before
Keenon Brice Mar 2016
(oh yeah)
(right)
that's what feels bad
(that the bone has been eaten away)
(i'm feeling where the bone has been eaten away)

disease has so much personality (when you humanize it)
you just have to humanize it

all of a sudden i'm back in my body

i thought i learned that before (?)
Keenon Brice Apr 2016
I can't take a picture of the moon i'm phoneless

what am i supposed to do with this moment

i'd rather give you* what the moon has given to me
(deflect)

the halo around her body

the first time i ever felt rays


the window cant block her message
she's here staring right at me

but i can't have her

i admitted defeat once
do i have to do it twice (again)?

(what am i supposed to do with this moment)

i cried to the artist with her work on display
i didn't know i had that kind of empathy in me
i'm surprising myself more and more everday
Keenon Brice Apr 2016
I can't take a picture of the moon i'm phoneless
what am i supposed to do with this moment

the halo around her body
the first time i ever felt rays

the window cant block her message

she's here staring right at me but i can't have her

i admitted defeat once
do i have to do it twice (again)?

(what am i supposed to do with this moment)

i cried to the artist with her work on display
i didn't know i had that kind of empathy in me,
i'm surprising myself more and more everday
Keenon Brice Apr 2016
I can't take a picture of the moon i'm phoneless

what am i supposed to do with this (moment)


the halo around her body
the first time i ever felt rays

the window can't block her message

she's here staring right at me
but i can't have her


i want to give you her presence


i admitted defeat once
do i have to do it twice (again)?

(what am i supposed to do with this moment)

i cried to the artist with her work on display
i didn't know i had that kind of empathy in me,
i'm surprising myself more and more everday
Keenon Brice Apr 2016
I can't take a picture of the moon i'm phoneless

what am i supposed to do with this (moment)


the halo around her body

the window can't block her message

she's here staring right at me
(the first time i ever felt rays)
but i can't have her


i want to give you her presence


i admitted defeat once
do i have to do it twice (again)?

(what am i supposed to do with this moment)

i cried to the artist with her work on display
i didn't know i had that kind of empathy in me,
i'm surprising myself more and more everday
Keenon Brice Apr 2016
I can't take a picture of the moon i'm phoneless

what am i supposed to do with this moment


the halo around her body

the first time i ever felt rays


the window cant block her message
she's here staring right at me

but i can't have her

i admitted defeat once
do i have to do it twice (again)?


i cried to the artist with her work on display
i didn't know i had that kind of empathy in me
i'm surprising myself more and more everday
Keenon Brice Mar 2016
taunted by images of teeth
do you have bad credit?
grin and bear it.
This full moon is a cry for help
Keenon Brice Mar 2016
This full moon is a cry for help
taunted by images of teeth (taunting me with images of teeth)

Do you have bad credit?
grin and bear it.
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(ugh) what am i doing (rn)
i'm not doing anything
just cut it off!
Keenon Brice Mar 2016
its the mask
the teeth

(that are okay to release)
Keenon Brice Mar 2016
the winter mask burns in the spring
Keenon Brice May 2016
playing with fire
barking up the wrong tree

pheremones lingering

the hug alone, an equally revelatory experience
tells me to "fall" into this

fall into this creativity
Keenon Brice May 2016
home is where i unhook things (myself) (my clothes)
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i rise out of the couch, clawing my way out of knitted blankets
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pulling debris off my body
i feel my blood return(ing) to me
--
who just 'burns' like this?
Keenon Brice Jun 2016
every blue moon i show up
go into every room,
leaving messes,
eventually giving into sleep

i rise out of the couch
clawing my way (through) (out of) knitted blankets
pull(ing) the debris off my body
(and) feel my blood return(ing) to me
Keenon Brice Jun 2016
i rise out of the couch, clawing my way out of knitted blankets

pulling (the) debris off my body
i feel my blood return(ing) to me
Keenon Brice May 2016
last night i fell asleep daydreaming
tonight i'm going to sleep with sadness
it's bittersweet

because i insist on this every time.

i'm fearful that there will be nothing between us,
that you'll just fade "like all the rest"

like all the rest.

but i guess "all the rest" don't really matter
they faded
and i continue(d) to live on, somehow.
Keenon Brice Jun 2016
the uber driver asks me if i'm smoking
only on the inside

the uber driver asks me if i'm burning

the uber driver smells the smoke on me
and asks if something is burning
Keenon Brice Jun 2016
i don't really know what i am

some sort of removed ******

i watch people dance from across the room, feeding off of their lack of reserve

their ability to lose control

(photosynthesizing)

am i a flower or a vampire

what's the difference
6/8
Keenon Brice Jun 2016
6/8
stopped clenching my jaw

went home
7/5
Keenon Brice Jul 2016
7/5
cried in my sleep again
8/1
Keenon Brice Aug 2016
8/1
the expression of love and concern
made me return
Keenon Brice Sep 2016
venus wanted to not take care of herself,
she wanted to let everything that couldn't withstand time
to rot off of her

she remembers herself
in memoriam
she looks back
she contemplates why she is alive.
what she needs to do to find happiness

she scares people
demanding what she cant have
wanting the impossible

shes headed in the wrong direction
shes been headed in the wrong direction for a long time

wanting to go to the beach (at night)
because no one does 'it' for her

she's unproductive
scoping out men
needing to be creative
but not knowing how

waiting for the new moon
hoping for a new moon
wanting to be filled again
Keenon Brice Nov 2015
zapped of my energy
loss of vitality
heat rising
but trapped in my body
skin too tight
flay me
rip my soul out
soul take definition
spirit take definition
Keenon Brice Mar 2016
what am i doing (???)
i'm not doing anything
just cut it off!

"why" am i doing this ?
Because i love 'evil'.
Keenon Brice Feb 2016
sorry I can't get anything done mom I'm OBSESSED with myself
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i just...
its all too much (!)
*eats a hot dog
Keenon Brice Mar 2017
venus has an off week

(and everything goes to ****)

and you ruin the (white) dress

lay in the shadow of what it was

grow uglier, weaker without it

stop bathing,

eating,

sleeping,

((don't leave home for a week (for days)))

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venus stops moving forward (gets cold feet)

and you ruin the white dress

lay in the shadow of what it was

grow uglier, weaker without it

stop bathing, (don’t bathe)

eating, (eat)

sleeping (sleep)

don't leave home (for a week) (or leave home for a week)

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venus gets cold feet

and you ruin the dress

lay in the shadow of what it was

grow uglier, weaker without it

don’t bathe
eat

sleep

leave home for a week
Keenon Brice Nov 2015
Mouth closed, teeth clenched (tight)
I lock myself down and harden
dissociating in and out of pockets of inertia that feel inescapable
Self-neglect as a defense mechanism
as a way of stopping time,
but i realize that time doesn't stop
you can't freeze life
systems begin to reverse
organs being to fail, rot,
decay
I'm unable to face myself
my body
to accept and take responsibility for the damage I've done to it
it doesn't sit with me well
I'm disgusted with the smell and feeling of deadness that spreads throughout
Everything is closing in
It feels as if life is going to eat me.
Keenon Brice Jan 2016
Reconnecting with this feeling from my childhood: at night when my legs would throb and ache i would ask my mother why and she'd rub them and say they were "growing pains"
Keenon Brice Nov 2015
i find myself in the basement, oddly inflamed with sunlight
ephemeral rays stretch out across the ceiling and walls,
taking the form of various shapes
that almost feel like spirits
whispering me to step out of my own darkness
to integrate
burn,
resurrect
Keenon Brice Feb 2016
the issue is that, really, i am dead
nothing works anymore
and i'm trying to push through
i'm trying to resurrect
restructure
re-assimilate
but no one sees that

they're not going to house me while i'm dying
why should they
i still have to do things as it happens
i have to be active
they're not going to allot me the time to experience it fully, rationally, and come to terms with it
hospice care for a 20 year old doesn't exist
it's not a thing
to them i'm just sitting here
in this house
young and able bodied
with a desire for nothing
not wanting to work or go to school
laying across the couch in broad daylight
like an (being an) open sore
needing (to have) the sheets ripped off of me like a band-aide (bandage) to start my day
Keenon Brice Feb 2016
this is my 5th attempt of the day at poetry i guess i'm really trying to say something, heh?

how do i implement nets
(a) net that catches the unconscious

(where) life lands as poetry


how do i implement a net that catches the unconcsious

an aperatus where writing falls over and becomes poetry
where writing lands as poetry

its so hard to constuct
how do you give structure to poetry
you have to let it be as thin as everything (anything) else
an eccentricity
an interest
an anomoly
let it be swift like an wild animal that can't be tamed

how

where can life land has poetry
where writing lands as poetry
Keenon Brice Feb 2016
what gives you new life?

- the underpinnings of the artist
- mischief (and hellishness
- (becoming friends with nothingness)
- devotion to (healthy) destruction
- becoming friends with nothingness
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hellishness (being hellish)
(the shadow)
exploration of the shadow
the unconscious
rage
callousness
violence
killing (things)
crudeness
crassness
- healthy outlets for destruction
- becoming friends with nothingness
rage

wbu?
its an important thing to know
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mischief and hellishness
becoming friends with nothingness
the underpinnings of the artist
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memories of musing privately
(good memories
of musing privately)
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(waiting) to be moved, egoically
--
confident ignorance
i try to be unconscious and let things shape themselves
(things shaping themselves unconsciously)
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the familial greif inbetween my teeth
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i cant control this beast
the beast that is my creativity
Keenon Brice Feb 2016
who am i to continue to rise?
Keenon Brice Feb 2016
all there really is to do IS rise from the ashes....
it's all i really know;
an audacious effort (really)
[who am i to continue to rise?]
Keenon Brice Mar 2016
i'm just burning is the thing
( i've been burning all month

---

the thing is i'm burning
i've been burning all month
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i'm actually burning
Keenon Brice Mar 2016
it took wasting away in my own body to realize that i'm not invincible
and in the process i met (where) my mother (thought she was invincible) (also thought she was)
(and where she) suffered the same fate
i've met so much trauma there
so much trauma in that space
----
ever since meeting you there i haven't been able to look at you the same
Keenon Brice Mar 2016
for some reason buying a toothpaste different from the one your mother always bought feels like a slap in the face
but that's called self-care
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(floss so hard i hit my family's (invisible - psychic) line of grief)

(floss so hard you (i, we) get out the familial grief  in between your teeth)
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that surpasses hers
is a slap in the face
the quality of my toothepast sitting next
my self bought toothepast sitting next to yours
surpassing


the new toothepaste i (just) bought for myself
surpasses the one you raised me on
what a slap in the face

my special bought toothepaste
sitting next to yours
surpassing your self care
what a slap in the face
Keenon Brice Mar 2016
(floss so hard i hit my familys line of grief)
(floss so hard i hit the family line of grief)
(floss so hard i hit my family's line of invisible grief)
(floss so hard i hit my family's invisible line of grief)
Keenon Brice Mar 2016
i want candy
i want (to be) home
(i want to be) chauffeured
Keenon Brice Jul 2016
why does it feel like i haven't been mothered?
why does it feel like i was never mothered?
Keenon Brice Jun 2016
i just let myself rust and die
over and over again
i retain nothing that allows me to sustain myself

life?
don't care for it

i feel like i have nothing
not even a candy bar
something so simple
something i could have easily prepared
if i cared

it ***** that this is my path
if i don't ask or help i'll continue to whither

my resources will be lost
my health will continue to deteriorate

and if i don't build my intimate connections
expand upon them
devote myself
i'll end up alone

why has this been my path?
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