Screamers of the soul flash you
the last time you can go this hard,
this fast, this fraught, this almost,
tricksters tapping tickets to a one-way grave
enslaved to pressing on, encased in never,
courtesies we won’t get back.
The patience they destroy sets fire
to the wand’ring widow – screams
that have to wake you up.
They steal a frantic callback to
some lasso-lover, ornery, stupid,
gamboling up streets
that shatter craven, crawl-back trust.
Here because of half-shift workers
(all but zombies) trusting that
this pay will shine upon a son -
as daughter clips the lawn, we’re granted
odd hours off. Unruly matrix
finds a way to live and re-address
their outer billing trans our continental stress
so lated,
pictures of a match in prison:
Puts Out v. I-Seen-You-Two,
and one won’t deign to be so misconstrued.
So night, she gaslights, spreading
shock to beds. Tattoo upon
your heads Things Not Like They Once Was;
forgive us if we must fight back,
the sleep the sinners lack
reclaimed in staid unworthy buzz.
Nov 21, 2025
Nov 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM UTC
Screamers of the soul flash you
the last time you can go this hard,
this fast, this fraught, this almost,
tricksters tapping tickets to a one-way grave
enslaved to pressing on, encased in never,
courtesies we won’t get back.
The patience they destroy sets fire
to the wand’ring widow – screams
that have to wake you up.
They steal a frantic callback to
some lasso-lover, ornery, stupid,
gamboling up streets
that shatter craven, crawl-back trust.
Here because of half-shift workers
(all but zombies) trusting that
this pay will shine upon a son -
as daughter clips the lawn, we’re granted
odd hours off. Unruly matrix
finds a way to live and re-address
their outer billing trans our continental stress
so lated,
pictures of a match in prison:
Puts Out v. I-Seen-You-Two,
and one won’t deign to be so misconstrued.
So night, she gaslights, spreading
shock to beds. Tattoo upon
your heads Things Not Like They Once Was;
forgive us if we must fight back,
the sleep the sinners lack
reclaimed in staid unworthy buzz.