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n stiles carmona May 2019
rows of two!-three!-four!-boys-bloc-king-the-cor-rid-or
will soon be gone
and the RHYTH-mic-tick-tock-of-my-leg-BOUN-cing-on-the-floor
will be no more
it's fresh cadavers wrapped in string
it is a joyful gospel hymn
mourning the best and worst of youth
(those shiny kids who'd first walked in
with all the grace and all the poise
of hatched arachnids missing limbs)

but what of "her" – you know her name –
that overfed, reptilian thing
who shed her hair and scratched her skin,
cursing the odds at Him upstairs, demanding He re-shape her?

some say she cried herself into extinction
– sailed away on a crimson tide –
balking at the trauma of being seen
(enforced, cursed vulnerability
in being known to man).

the rest knew better;
they were voyeurs in this
fruit-carving tutorial
on 'how to grow up':

STEP 1) consider all other alternatives
2) take the scalpel and initiative
3) before adrenaline gives way to doubt,
turn the flesh-vessel inside out in a cocoon of your own creation!
while organs may rupture and it aches like you've skinned yourself alive (good for her, setting herself free!) you'll look cuter in the class photos and has you-know-who... finally... shifted the weight?
4) breathe through the blood loss and searing pain
5) notice
           you
                can
                     breathe again.
                     at this point, does it matter that it aches?
tribute to the worst years of my life so far. may it only get better from here.
CM Vazquez Mar 2013
Here's 3 poems about doing Xanax mostly

I.
See how they fly
Me, how I
die so gracelessly.
Just
smack
the
rhyth
m.
To space,
you see?
I've hacked a mission.

Regardless

I have
to work
on my addiction.

II.
     wow.

III.

Oh, my bludgeoning "savior"!
-save me as you
Trudge on
through these leaves.
The Colorful Ones
and all these spaces in between.

Know what I mean?

A hoax 'til death.
I've got the hiccups
and im Hope- {pills] less.

about 6 are left.
KathleenAMaloney Aug 2016
Every Time  I See You
I Hear Your Love
A  Community Of Wonder
For A Dove

What War Was This
I've Come Thru Now
Each Door This World
My Love And How

You Gave  Me Life
Of Hope And Dreams
Returned Art  Beauty
Beyond What's Mean

In Math The Mean
Is All Things Gray
The High The Low
Of All We Say

In Trig The Medium
A Different Point
The Range of Thought
A Balanced Joint

The World Is Soul
Beyond the  Light
For All Of Me
A Star in Flight

IShe  Who Weds
And Hates  and Cries
The One Who Fights
And Will Not Die

Exhaustions  Breath
Of What's Not Right
It's All My Own
My Choice My Might

I knew Not How
The Hate Became
A Life Once Love
Moved Well Past Shame

My Rhyth Changes  Holy Gates
To Wear these Robes Loves Strength  My Trait

My Artist
Sold For Trade
My Soul In Coffin
I Did Lay

And Now
I cannot Tell A Lie
I Try And Try
My Body Cries

Depression Did
Become My Friend
Says NO!
I Won't
Live  Lie Again

I can't Find Food
There is No Light
I Pray each Day
Dont loose this Fight

My Heart is Not
In Building Forms
A Unions Care
From Money's Storm

It's Use is Great
AND Holmes So Good
Reward ALL Friends
Give Joy!!
I Would!

LOVE CSL , Agape Too
Humanity Teams
And Facebook
Do!

So Many  Colors Follow Hope
Reward Each One
With Lifting Scope!!

Reward Each Friend
A Miracle Make
New Paradigm Thought
Inclusive Stake

Yes Angels, Please
I  Love You So
My Family Friends
Your Love Does Grow
And Strangers ...Friends
Upon the Street,
In Store In Gym
All Sent To Meet

This Game Compete, I cannot Do
Co-operate
This God Is NEW

The Language of NEW Soul So Broad
I Cannot Narrow God Above
Within Without
the Voice Says All                
Just Listen
Do Not Let Earth
Fall

A Quiet Place Within My Soul
Does Grow With Music's
Healing Vowel

The Shock Still Rings
This Golden Step
Of God LIFELOVE
My Place a Gift

It's Just Takes Time
To Reaquaint
This Psychic Soul
Without the Taint

The Question One, It  Is For Me
How All My God
How ALL
Shall Be?

It is Not As
Presented Now
THIS Piece
WE seek
That Peace
Is How
Peace there is another action To Take Zplace
Omega , How Art thou.?

Spontaneous Paste...

TRUST.. LISTEN  TRUST.

Recall  the Air SPACE
Air Space Air Space
I Saw the Plane Back
Quickly Quickly
I Saw The Flag Fly
Quickly Quickly
It Was a Lowx. Lowe X  Lowex
It Came Back Buick  
Wurick Wicca
It Came Back auricle
Quickly Quickly
It Means My Boys Please
Quickly Quickly
My George ,
My Harry,
Eric, Brother
It Was a Chess Piece
Hurry Hurry
It Came Up and Over
Over. Over
It was An  Angel
Angel Angel
Dressed like a Ewe Piece
Ger Piece, HerE Piece
It Fixed My Mothers
Breathing Breathing Breathing
It Was A Three Piece
Angel Angel
A Middle Three Piece
Allies  Three Piece
I felt The Right Move
Is Move,  Ger Move
A Middle three Move
All Move
Now Move
A Lon Done No
Move No Move No Move
Paul Ll N
Allwns Allies
Paul Always
Rip No Allen Allies
Alias Alias

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