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"garage" poems
death wants more death, and its webs are full: I remember my father's garage, how child-like I would brush the corpses of flies from the windows they thought were escape- their sticky, ugly, vibrant bodies shouting like dumb crazy dogs against the glass only to spin and flit in that second larger than hell or heaven onto the edge of the ledge, and then the spider from his dank hole nervous and exposed the puff of body swelling hanging there not really quite knowing, and then knowing- something sending it down its string, the wet web, toward the weak shield of buzzing, the pulsing; a last desperate moving hair-leg there against the glass there alive in the sun, spun in white; and almost like love: the closing over, the first hushed spider-sucking: filling its sack upon this thing that lived; crouching there upon its back drawing its certain blood as the world goes by outside and my temples scream and I hurl the broom against them: the spider dull with spider-anger still thinking of its prey and waving an amazed broken leg; the fly very still, a ***** speck stranded to straw; I shake the killer loose and he walks lame and peeved towards some dark corner but I intercept his dawdling his crawling like some broken hero, and the straws smash his legs now waving above his head and looking looking for the enemy and somewhat valiant, dying without apparent pain simply crawling backward piece by piece leaving nothing there until at last the red gut sack splashes its secrets, and I run child-like with God's anger a step behind, back to simple sunlight, wondering as the world goes by with curled smile if anyone else saw or sensed my crime
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Death Wants More Death
death wants more death, and its webs are full: I remember my father's garage, how child-like I would brush the corpses of flies from the windows they thought were escape- their sticky, ugly, vibrant bodies shouting like dumb crazy dogs against the glass only to spin and flit in that second larger than hell or heaven onto the edge of the ledge, and then the spider from his dank hole nervous and exposed the puff of body swelling hanging there not really quite knowing, and then knowing- something sending it down its string, the wet web, toward the weak shield of buzzing, the pulsing; a last desperate moving hair-leg there against the glass there alive in the sun, spun in white; and almost like love: the closing over, the first hushed spider-sucking: filling its sack upon this thing that lived; crouching there upon its back drawing its certain blood as the world goes by outside and my temples scream and I hurl the broom against them: the spider dull with spider-anger still thinking of its prey and waving an amazed broken leg; the fly very still, a ***** speck stranded to straw; I shake the killer loose and he walks lame and peeved towards some dark corner but I intercept his dawdling his crawling like some broken hero, and the straws smash his legs now waving above his head and looking looking for the enemy and somewhat valiant, dying without apparent pain simply crawling backward piece by piece leaving nothing there until at last the red gut sack splashes its secrets, and I run child-like with God's anger a step behind, back to simple sunlight, wondering as the world goes by with curled smile if anyone else saw or sensed my crime
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~ Ode to Spring ~ Cherry blossoms filled with bloom rhododendron’s sweet perfume warming winds feign summer’s breeze songbirds singing from the trees Open windows, déjà vu sunsets filled with graceful hues families gather on their strolls Mother Nature for the soul Baseball season at the park evenings lifted from the dark daylight savings' finally here patios for wine and beer Cleaning house and planting seeds rebirth fills the days and deeds picnic baskets, hummingbirds poets find their way in words Kaleidoscope of bedding plants shorts in favour over pants farmers markets, garage sales power-wash the decks and rails Hiking, tennis, gardening inhale the freshness of the spring! painters, sculptors shape their art gather here with grateful hearts
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Mar 31, 2019
Mar 31, 2019 at 1:15 PM UTC
Gather here, with grateful hearts
and the light of the empty parking garage casts shadows of delirious days before me thank God there is light to see the shadows
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Mar 21, 2015
Mar 21, 2015 at 10:20 PM UTC
shadows
They say home is wherever you lay your head at night That must be true because my former house has a lock on the door now; a lock to keep me out. I never realized this is how it is to be homeless, the endless wandering of a place to rest at night the endless cycle of hunger and thirst and protection I walk out of work with not a place to be in the world and if I’m being honest it should frighten me. I am a wanderer. I have no sense of direction, no moral pull, nothing to lose and everything to gain. I have this endless feeling of discomfort and an airy breeze where the good in my heart and soul should be. I am a girl, not a very beautiful or talented one. I belong to anyone who belongs to everyone. Home is where I rest my head for a night. Home is a backseat Home is a smoke filled room at 2 am Home is a parking garage Home is a strangers bedroom Home is a feeling rather than a location, but those who have a lock and key and a mortgage fee will never understand.
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May 21, 2014
May 21, 2014 at 12:07 PM UTC
Homeless
The shopping channel calls to me It wakes me up at night To sell me things I do not need Nor would buy, if I was right But apparently, there's something wrong My brain should be re-wired I only purchase things on here When I am really over-tired I have a room specifically For things bought on TV I've ginsu knives and shredding blades And juicers!!!...ninety three!! For some reason the kitchen things Just seem to catch my eye Especially at three a.m. That's the time I need to buy I've magic bullets by the score Processors,  I don't need But, if I ever put them all to use... An army I could feed I've got socks for diabetics Things to make your ******* stand out I've got exercise machines galore I've got three things that help gout! My credit card's at the limit I know the numbers off by heart The post man knows me by my name I even have my own **** cart To deliver all my purchases They just load it and deliver It almost comes here by itself It's enough to make one shiver I don't know how it started I think the countdown clock...ah, yes I thought it meant the game was ending I phoned in and bought a dress!!! I've got jewellery by Joan Rivers George Foreman grills...they fill my den I've got perfumes for the women And lots of things that make you men! My wife cannot contain me She's sent me off to get some aid But, if they sell it on the telly I'll buy it sure as getting laid I've bedazzled all my clothing I eat dried fruit and jerky too I get Christmas cards from Ronco I'm a shopping ****** through and through Each month we have a garage sale I sell off some of what I've bought But, then I go and buy it back again Without a second thought My friends have all but left me I rarely go out of the house I just sit here and go shopping I don't even see my spouse Set it and Forget it That's a phrase I love to say But wait, there's more...is another one That helps me through the day I used the last one on my wife One night while having *** She told me "Set it and Forget It" I'm off to dreamland Tex!! My shopping's an addiction One I hope to beat some day But now, the operator says... I have to get my card and pay!
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Jul 2, 2012
Jul 2, 2012 at 7:19 PM UTC
Shopping addict
The shopping channel calls to me It wakes me up at night To sell me things I do not need Nor would buy, if I was right But apparently, there's something wrong My brain should be re-wired I only purchase things on here When I am really over-tired I have a room specifically For things bought on TV I've ginsu knives and shredding blades And juicers!!!...ninety three!! For some reason the kitchen things Just seem to catch my eye Especially at three a.m. That's the time I need to buy I've magic bullets by the score Processors,  I don't need But, if I ever put them all to use... An army I could feed I've got socks for diabetics Things to make your ******* stand out I've got exercise machines galore I've got three things that help gout! My credit card's at the limit I know the numbers off by heart The post man knows me by my name I even have my own **** cart To deliver all my purchases They just load it and deliver It almost comes here by itself It's enough to make one shiver I don't know how it started I think the countdown clock...ah, yes I thought it meant the game was ending I phoned in and bought a dress!!! I've got jewellery by Joan Rivers George Foreman grills...they fill my den I've got perfumes for the women And lots of things that make you men! My wife cannot contain me She's sent me off to get some aid But, if they sell it on the telly I'll buy it sure as getting laid I've bedazzled all my clothing I eat dried fruit and jerky too I get Christmas cards from Ronco I'm a shopping ****** through and through Each month we have a garage sale I sell off some of what I've bought But, then I go and buy it back again Without a second thought My friends have all but left me I rarely go out of the house I just sit here and go shopping I don't even see my spouse Set it and Forget it That's a phrase I love to say But wait, there's more...is another one That helps me through the day I used the last one on my wife One night while having *** She told me "Set it and Forget It" I'm off to dreamland Tex!! My shopping's an addiction One I hope to beat some day But now, the operator says... I have to get my card and pay!
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do you recall the crunch beneath our feet a gesture small as we ambled down the street dirt and gravel I felt pebbles through my shoe I unravelled When I looked at you Where did you come from Are you real? Is this how I’m supposed to feel? A dreamgirl In a dreary place I’ve counted every freckle on your face Sunlight peaked through maple branches in such a tranquil way missed chances to make advances I always hoped you'd stay a fork in the road ahead we went different directions I used many different methods to try and snag your attention Where did you come from Are you real? Is this how I’m supposed to feel? A dreamgirl In a dreary place I’ve counted every freckle on your face you never seemed to notice you just stared ahead heart bloomed as if a lotus while I tugged at a loose thread sometimes I'd begin to speak but choked upon my words so I walked next to you without a peep and together watched the birds Where did you come from Are you real? Is this how I’m supposed to feel? A dreamgirl In a dreary place I’ve counted every freckle on your face it's odd and super subtle the synchronicity insignificant and pointless yet means the world to me quiet walks every afternoon past the garage and dead leaves we watched the starlings courtship do you remember me? Where did you come from Are you real? Is this how I’m supposed to feel? A dreamgirl In a dreary place I’ve counted every freckle on your face
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Feb 26, 2018
Feb 26, 2018 at 2:29 AM UTC
on golden pond
My body spun From one side of my garage to the other. In between the pillars of poles creating space between the cars parked in the two car garage perfect family, right? not even close I unlaced my skates tossing them in a case, unorganized as my chaotic brain I leaned down to pick up a mess of what looked like plastic like a broken water container crushed by the weight of a basketball tossed without looking being the good girl I was I picked up the charred plastic placing it in my hand to throw it in the trash I dropped it in the can letting the pieces fall one by one. As I wiped my hands I found a piece I had forgotten it had the label of Prego on the side I realized then It was a broken spaghetti jar I ran upstairs to help with dinner. I asked my mom what I could do to She said "You can run that blood under a cold water faucet" I looked at her confused, saying "Where am I bleeding?" She turned my arm over showing me the cut glazed over my forearm I hadn't even felt it I didn't know that was the moment I would find an advantage to not feeling pain and an interest in the impure realization that bleeding wasn't scary... that it couldn't hurt me as much as the rest of my life could.
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Feb 17, 2018
Feb 17, 2018 at 11:07 PM UTC
A Broken Spaghetti Jar
The brush is still in the garage on the cold, cement floor beside the empty tin of paint, its sides eternally dripping with a dried, buttercup hue. The walls which we smothered with color are faded, now riddled with children’s earthy hand-prints after a day in the mud. A mess to us, the results of battles, safaris, and space travels to them. I could paint over the marks, start over fresh and show off to friends. But I think I’ll let it be. No longer the bright yellow of a sun trapped in a painting, these four walls have still brightened many days. There has been roaring laughter, divided by a few screaming matches that have made the dog whimper. This room has seen much of our lives, and life cannot be painted over so easily. So it stays. The color will always be buttercup to me.
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Jul 16, 2014
Jul 16, 2014 at 1:21 PM UTC
Buttercup Yellow
I went to the garage to throw up and came out with a glass of water and a box to store my waste I wish I had thrown up everything all that was me But nothing came up but a wee little bit Our adventure set off and to the shed we went only to be disappointed by the crude lawn mower Once more the travels we set off on to the couch it is Where he shows me a trick to alleviate my nauseous head My legs spread for him and I cannot control the yes daddy slipping from my ***** ****** lips at the time 21 and **** with the tats he was everything I wanted and so the game began where his **** ****** my god **** tight ***** Age is just a number I'm 17 god **** it a responsible one at that with a job and friends and good grades and a future and here I am wishing I was good enough for this man But I was And he was cute and funny and sweet and Gone And this 17 year old sits waiting wondering what the **** do I do when I want but do not need and what the **** do I do when he may not want me But baby I'm a jumper and the fall is scary but Am I strong enough to crawl out of that hole again? Am o stupid enough to chance it? Will this even effect me as much as I'm playing into it? I may not even like him when it comes down to it But **** I want to **** again And I want to be loved But these are indeed not the same thing my first time guy
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Mar 22, 2016
Mar 22, 2016 at 10:05 PM UTC
Untitled
he interrupted me in the middle of an earth shatteringly pointless story to tell me i had a cute laugh, in a smoke-filled garage infront of all of our friends. i said, *"alright dude **** off"* that night i slept in the fetal position with four blankets and craved his skin so bad i didn't even notice that i bit my lip until the pool of blood collecting inside the deep ditch of my gums, began to taste of hot metal today he texted me while i was at work and asked if he could bring me a coffee i looked at myself in the bathroom mirror, sighed and told him we were busy then i bought a coffee for myself, let the bitter sweet warm liquid linger on my tongue and pretended it was his lips alone is a state of being and i have never been alone, lonely is a state of mind and i have never been anything but
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Feb 17, 2014
Feb 17, 2014 at 12:26 PM UTC
eternity
Pearl Avenue runs past the high-school lot, Bends with the trolley tracks, and stops, cut off Before it has a chance to go two blocks, At Colonel McComsky Plaza. Berth's Garage Is on the corner facing west, and there, Most days, you'll find Flick Webb, who helps Berth out. Flick stands tall among the idiot pumps- Five on a side, the old bubble-head style, Their rubber elbows hanging loose and low. One's nostrils are two S's, and his eyes An E and O. And one is squat, without A head at all-more of a football type. Once Flick played for the high-school team, the Wizards. He was good: in fact, the best. In '46 He bucketed three hundred ninety points, A county record still. The ball loved Flick. I saw him rack up thirty-eight or forty In one home game. His hands were like wild birds. He never learned a trade, he just sells gas, Checks oil, and changes flats. Once in a while, As a gag, he dribbles an inner tube, But most of us remember anyway. His hands are fine and nervous on the lug wrench. It makes no difference to the lug wrench, though. Off work, he hangs around Mae's Luncheonette. Grease-gray and kind of coiled, he plays pinball, Smokes those thin cigars, nurses lemon phosphates. Flick seldom says a word to Mae, just nods Beyond her face toward bright applauding tiers Of Necco Wafers, Nibs, and Juju Beads.
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Ex-Basketball Player
Freezing a glance Wind cuffs down-white heliums Sweeps contrails Separates cirrus across the moon Cresting wave tormented wind against steel movement in movement sprays of hair Blizzard of petals from the apple Furious snow drifts off—  garage roof   Fog that haunts the river on the coldest nights _____________ The walk across the alley took— so long— A lifetime from the doorway of someone else’s impatience Prints of motion record the loss a single set in snow But there! on the icy, shoveled surface of night lies the snowflake of a bird impossibly molted Song of a feather caught— Flailing! Helpless! More than lovely for its lying there! Lying there!
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Mar 12, 2017
Mar 12, 2017 at 6:38 PM UTC
White Downy Feather on Black Ice (still life)
Teetering on her baby legs A newborn with a Solo cup bombastic red with a few undulating ribs Held firmly in her hand Is this her first or her third? Somnambulant yet eager And just a little out of place In a foreign territory On newly contested lands She stumbles through a raucous crowd Or was it just white noise? She’s lost her companions Somewhere Although they could very well be close at hand In the distance she can make out Laughing faces Bodies moving to and fro Spilling forward, little messes Throwing back cheap libation She passes through a room and out the door Into the out-of-doors Someone following her unbeknownst Watching her cautious, curious steps And when she turns and sees the blur standing She greets it “Hail Fellow!” Bouncing from variable to variable Frequency to frequency Confident and in command Of a seemingly controlled chaos He approaches smiling and holds out his hand Anonymous Having drawn her attention from the stars That she could not find above Leaning against the garage’s eastern wall She takes it awkwardly Tentative she smiles back reassured Wobbling she returns standing alongside him Or was she in front? Purposeful and en route Emboldened by his presence And how the way was parted before her Just by his being there. By being so close. She felt vaguely special it showed in her half-smile Cloaked in bangs She held her head just a little bit higher The co-conspiratorial glances Met by boys eyes And shes Went unseen by the girl with the Solo cup One of tens upon tens upon tens A coven would have known It’s better not to However. She was shown a seat to rest And her cup refilled She takes a sip and smiles again She takes another and then a gulp That spills He takes the cup away And places it on the low table Suggests she go to the restroom upstairs and get herself Sorted Embarrassed she is relieved for direction Someone knows what’s going on And his caring Taking the time His kind eyes She’s usually alone She waddles up the stairs to find a toilet and a mirror God she thinks I look a mess She tries to fix it The hair The eyes The lips The dress The stomach The ******* The thighs She shrugs her shoulders at her reflection Exhales and steps out again To find him standing there waiting for more. She wants another cup. She’s missing her cup. I’ll get you the cup he says In just a second. Come.
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Sep 30, 2018
Sep 30, 2018 at 3:53 PM UTC
Solo Cup
Teetering on her baby legs A newborn with a Solo cup bombastic red with a few undulating ribs Held firmly in her hand Is this her first or her third? Somnambulant yet eager And just a little out of place In a foreign territory On newly contested lands She stumbles through a raucous crowd Or was it just white noise? She’s lost her companions Somewhere Although they could very well be close at hand In the distance she can make out Laughing faces Bodies moving to and fro Spilling forward, little messes Throwing back cheap libation She passes through a room and out the door Into the out-of-doors Someone following her unbeknownst Watching her cautious, curious steps And when she turns and sees the blur standing She greets it “Hail Fellow!” Bouncing from variable to variable Frequency to frequency Confident and in command Of a seemingly controlled chaos He approaches smiling and holds out his hand Anonymous Having drawn her attention from the stars That she could not find above Leaning against the garage’s eastern wall She takes it awkwardly Tentative she smiles back reassured Wobbling she returns standing alongside him Or was she in front? Purposeful and en route Emboldened by his presence And how the way was parted before her Just by his being there. By being so close. She felt vaguely special it showed in her half-smile Cloaked in bangs She held her head just a little bit higher The co-conspiratorial glances Met by boys eyes And shes Went unseen by the girl with the Solo cup One of tens upon tens upon tens A coven would have known It’s better not to However. She was shown a seat to rest And her cup refilled She takes a sip and smiles again She takes another and then a gulp That spills He takes the cup away And places it on the low table Suggests she go to the restroom upstairs and get herself Sorted Embarrassed she is relieved for direction Someone knows what’s going on And his caring Taking the time His kind eyes She’s usually alone She waddles up the stairs to find a toilet and a mirror God she thinks I look a mess She tries to fix it The hair The eyes The lips The dress The stomach The ******* The thighs She shrugs her shoulders at her reflection Exhales and steps out again To find him standing there waiting for more. She wants another cup. She’s missing her cup. I’ll get you the cup he says In just a second. Come.
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Bang! I heard a firework go off. I don't see any lights. Oh, I think that was a garage door falling shut. Or maybe someone slamming a door. I don't want to think about what it might have actually been. It's not like summer has come and gone months ago. It's not like nobody has garages around here. It's not like people slam doors loud enough for it to echo around the inside of my school. It's not like I'm scared for me and my friends every time I enter the building. It's not like that, I swear. Everyone is scared. Everyone is lashing out. Everyone is on their toes. Everyone is trying to become home-schooled. We want to leave. Not for boredom, not for the next best thing. But for safety, for home. Who's coming in the door next? Who's going to stop them? Who's going to survive? Who is going to die?
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Feb 20, 2018
Feb 20, 2018 at 6:32 PM UTC
Bang!
I apologize to the girl I pushed down accidentally when we were playing tag. It wasn't my intention to make you fall. I apologize to the girl who asked me out in high school who I left without saying a word. It wasn't my intention to lead you on. I apologize to the guy who always hated me in middle school. I must have done something wrong for which I cannot remember. I apologize to my mother for being born. It's obvious after your first you never wanted a second. And if you did, you never acted that way. I apologize to my friend's parents for everytime I walked downstairs and caused the dog to bark. In the middle of the night when I had stomach pain and needed a warm rag or some pills from the bathroom. Whenever I went to get something out of the fridge to heat up or go outside to get to work. Whatever the reason I felt like a burden to the point where I would often go without food and just keep the silence. Sometimes I would leave the house and get back hours later so the tension wouldn't be there. I apologize to the kid in middle school who always had other kids saying nasty things about you behind your back. I never tried to help in anyway possible. I didn't know how or what to say. I apologize to all my relatives who have passed away who I couldn't even shed a tear for. I apologize to many of my friends who I haven't spoken to in years. I have a hard time speaking my mind. Thinking that everything I could say would just be a waste of time. I apologize to all the plants I forgot to water. I shouldn't have tried to take care of anything when I have a hard time taking care of myself. I apologize to the pine tree. That grew from an acorn I planted in a planter box that grew to be three times taller than me. And you inevitable had to be cut down because your roots broke the planter and made a crack in the garage door. That was my fault not yours.
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Apr 26, 2021
Apr 26, 2021 at 4:27 AM UTC
I apologize
I apologize to the girl I pushed down accidentally when we were playing tag. It wasn't my intention to make you fall. I apologize to the girl who asked me out in high school who I left without saying a word. It wasn't my intention to lead you on. I apologize to the guy who always hated me in middle school. I must have done something wrong for which I cannot remember. I apologize to my mother for being born. It's obvious after your first you never wanted a second. And if you did, you never acted that way. I apologize to my friend's parents for everytime I walked downstairs and caused the dog to bark. In the middle of the night when I had stomach pain and needed a warm rag or some pills from the bathroom. Whenever I went to get something out of the fridge to heat up or go outside to get to work. Whatever the reason I felt like a burden to the point where I would often go without food and just keep the silence. Sometimes I would leave the house and get back hours later so the tension wouldn't be there. I apologize to the kid in middle school who always had other kids saying nasty things about you behind your back. I never tried to help in anyway possible. I didn't know how or what to say. I apologize to all my relatives who have passed away who I couldn't even shed a tear for. I apologize to many of my friends who I haven't spoken to in years. I have a hard time speaking my mind. Thinking that everything I could say would just be a waste of time. I apologize to all the plants I forgot to water. I shouldn't have tried to take care of anything when I have a hard time taking care of myself. I apologize to the pine tree. That grew from an acorn I planted in a planter box that grew to be three times taller than me. And you inevitable had to be cut down because your roots broke the planter and made a crack in the garage door. That was my fault not yours.
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Every morning I would hear the metal wheels grind against the rails as the garage door opened Leave for school as you were under the hood staring at horse power repairing every engine that was broken Returned home and now you’re underneath a different car, your face blackened from the dirt, oil and debris And at night sometimes I’d hold the flashlight for you, pointing the light at the wrong spots of the engine, I’d help to some degree Rarely spoke but wrenches clanked, ratchets ticked, screws and bolts rattled and power tools revved It’s the language that I never understood but it’s the language I know you’ve said The garage doors would close, I’d smell the scent of Mary Jane coming from your room, swear the odor was limitless Then I would hear the rifts and solos from the guitar strings that were plucked by your fingertips Life as a grease monkey and a rockstar but you loved every second of it, you love everything you do I wish one day I could find my own love and become something just like you I see why my mother loves you You called me your son though we’re not blood I swear I miss you in every way You’ve alwayz told me to look out for my sister and to protect her everyday Happy birthday
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Sep 21, 2018
Sep 21, 2018 at 3:55 AM UTC
September 21st
lonely as a dry and used orchard spread over the earth for use and surrender. shot down like an ex-pug selling dailies on the corner. taken by tears like an aging chorus girl who has gotten her last check. a hanky is in order your lord your worship. the blackbirds are rough today like ingrown toenails in an overnight jail--- wine wine whine, the blackbirds run around and fly around harping about Spanish melodies and bones. and everywhere is nowhere--- the dream is as bad as flapjacks and flat tires: why do we go on with our minds and pockets full of dust like a bad boy just out of school--- you tell me, you who were a hero in some revolution you who teach children you who drink with calmness you who own large homes and walk in gardens you who have killed a man and own a beautiful wife you tell me why I am on fire like old dry garbage. we might surely have some interesting correspondence. it will keep the mailman busy. and the butterflies and ants and bridges and cemeteries the rocket-makers and dogs and garage mechanics will still go on a while until we run out of stamps and/or ideas. don't be ashamed of anything; I guess God meant it all like locks on doors.
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The Blackbirds Are Rough Today
All the words he never said Were written in the stars Look at me, They seemed to say. I'm still here Let me guide you through the night All the nights we used to spend Outside the garage. His favorite constellations embedded in my mind. Orion the Hunter. It would never get old. I was an image of my father, And together we could stare at the stars all night long. So people always ask me Why I am fascinated with the stars Why at nights I look up at the sky and smile And I tell them, He used to admire the stars as I do, But now, He is up there. He is guiding me throughout this life. My dad is my favorite constellation.
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Feb 19, 2016
Feb 19, 2016 at 9:16 PM UTC
All the Words He Never Said
Lyrics in her face blaze, from screen to mouth bony thumb, scrolling mumbling into an ancient microphone hanging from the rope swing in her garage. Voice shakes here, shivers there but **** she is soulful. Authentic, exquisite in holey socks and wet hair and goosebumped arms getting swallowed by a hoodie. ******* she has it all and gives it nothing. Some of us are simply stunning no spray tans or updos no sequined skirts or stiletto shoes no autotune or makeup kits no words- only nothing could improve her. Nothing could improve her.
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Mar 11, 2018
Mar 11, 2018 at 4:20 PM UTC
Dog Star Quality
Now let us pray. May hellfire rain down on us today, on all those who offered pay in full metal change to watch the life sized lights explode & wicked witches hanging by the throat from a tenth floor window it was all so cool. so cool. demon induced dementia cemented in an underground parking garage sleepover sleepless starry eyed orphan **** princess- apparel section regressing to an oral fixation & a need to keep the fingers busy. pink **** carpet heart shaped atrocity rotten thing. you ain't the boss of me paleface scarab angel seraph snake made up cheap heart tarnished purely black comedy legs like a limousine keeping company with the holy cross dressers on the local drug scene. oh how special. yesterday I fed my edificial fetish & I could not stop thinking. these high arched ceilings. could not contain my feelings, if they tried. drive by advertisements remind me there's not much to be excited about.
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Jun 13, 2015
Jun 13, 2015 at 6:23 AM UTC
Black Comedy
like red lion parts crotch rocket nut cup anything done behind a dumpster in the dark yes, always because you never liked how light peeked through my thin hair or how I squinted my eyes when I kissed you “Just close them all the way ********* of course, I obliged anything to keep you away from your mother anything to keep you out of the garage the sulfur smell the demons in your drinking marble but god, the vibration the car peeling out on the driveway and “Here take this.” all of me reminded you of her all of me “Rest, darling. Rest.” and every time the night ended with unclothed gin bedspreads like forts and painted walls “Go **** youself.” and all was lost my body my grief 10 pounds lighter sweat soaked through the carpet
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Jun 4, 2016
Jun 4, 2016 at 9:29 AM UTC
public ***
Small, blonde, blue eyed girl kindergarten age, but not yet six Brown haired eleven year old boy going through puberty She trusted and was innocent He betrayed and committed a grave sin The upstairs bedroom with the twin beds A bed with smooth sheets and curtains closed A single light bulb burning bright in the ceiling Outside behind the garage with car parts and a burn barrel Memories a five year old shouldn’t have Actions an eleven year old shouldn’t take She didn’t know it was wrong He coaxed her to keep it a secret Innocence forgotten, walls erected Shame she felt as time went on Terrified to place blame Years passing, it all stopping Sadness knowing what transpired, never telling Afraid of accusations of lying An uncle a young girl should love and trust Instead she learns to loathe Discovering she was not at fault No longer will she be ashamed Confrontation is a step towards a demon destroyed Soul soothing, enabling the skeletons to be released His denial is his shackles of shame Innocence lost never to be recovered
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Mar 22, 2014
Mar 22, 2014 at 9:52 PM UTC
Innocence Forgotten
Spiders. Snakes. Late nights, due to the fact that once I saw a possum in our garage when it was dark out. Good looking people not thinking I'm good looking. Holding children. I might drop them. My brothers growing up to be just like me. Shark attacks. Jumping off high places. Headphones that go too deep into my ears. Going the opposite direction of so many cars. I'm the only one going my way.  They're probably headed the right way. They're probably having more fun. Realizing that, after being on the road for a while, my high beams have been on the whole time. Sorry. Cockroaches. Family reunions where I'm not sure if that really attractive girl is my family or someone's friend. Climbing up the stairs of the Bombay ride at Wet N' Wild because there just slabs of stone I can see under. I could slip and fall right through. Enjoying bad bands. Letting my girlfriend look into my eyes. Talking on the phone. Growing up. Refusing to grow up. Reading this over if I ever finish it and realizing that I am something less than a regular human being.  Probably an animal of some kind. Frogs. Big animals. Waking up one day as the same person I always have been. Standing still. My parents. Not spending the rest of my life with the girl I swore I would. Texting people too often. My parents dying. Whales. My teeth being this awful the rest of my life. Braces. Making people think they offended me.  People never offend me. Writing anything that's ever as good as Ernest Hemingway.  How dare I think that I ever could. Running too hard.  My heart might burst. Being unreasonable. Am I unreasonable? Sticking my finger inside an air conditioning vent in a car.  I don't know if there's a fan in there.  I don't know if it'll take my finger off. Getting people's hopes up. Letting people down. Fish. Bees. Being a teacher. My laugh. Wearing bad clothes. Holding her hand too hard.  I might cut off circulation.  She might get mad. My brother disapproving of what I do. Heaven because it sounds awful doing the same thing for the rest of forever. Finding out I've been gay this whole time. Cracking my fingers. Being a parent. Whales. Final exams. Paranormal Activity 4. Singing on cue. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Eating insects. Whales. Silence. The open ocean. Whales. Whales.
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Apr 25, 2018
Apr 25, 2018 at 12:45 PM UTC
A List of Things I'm Afraid of
Spiders. Snakes. Late nights, due to the fact that once I saw a possum in our garage when it was dark out. Good looking people not thinking I'm good looking. Holding children. I might drop them. My brothers growing up to be just like me. Shark attacks. Jumping off high places. Headphones that go too deep into my ears. Going the opposite direction of so many cars. I'm the only one going my way.  They're probably headed the right way. They're probably having more fun. Realizing that, after being on the road for a while, my high beams have been on the whole time. Sorry. Cockroaches. Family reunions where I'm not sure if that really attractive girl is my family or someone's friend. Climbing up the stairs of the Bombay ride at Wet N' Wild because there just slabs of stone I can see under. I could slip and fall right through. Enjoying bad bands. Letting my girlfriend look into my eyes. Talking on the phone. Growing up. Refusing to grow up. Reading this over if I ever finish it and realizing that I am something less than a regular human being.  Probably an animal of some kind. Frogs. Big animals. Waking up one day as the same person I always have been. Standing still. My parents. Not spending the rest of my life with the girl I swore I would. Texting people too often. My parents dying. Whales. My teeth being this awful the rest of my life. Braces. Making people think they offended me.  People never offend me. Writing anything that's ever as good as Ernest Hemingway.  How dare I think that I ever could. Running too hard.  My heart might burst. Being unreasonable. Am I unreasonable? Sticking my finger inside an air conditioning vent in a car.  I don't know if there's a fan in there.  I don't know if it'll take my finger off. Getting people's hopes up. Letting people down. Fish. Bees. Being a teacher. My laugh. Wearing bad clothes. Holding her hand too hard.  I might cut off circulation.  She might get mad. My brother disapproving of what I do. Heaven because it sounds awful doing the same thing for the rest of forever. Finding out I've been gay this whole time. Cracking my fingers. Being a parent. Whales. Final exams. Paranormal Activity 4. Singing on cue. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Eating insects. Whales. Silence. The open ocean. Whales. Whales.
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