"splashback" poems
Have you ever seen your breakup
At the bottom
Of a toilet bowl
Last night i treated myself
To a three-course meal
Of mustard, spit, and toilet water splashback
Have you ever reached into the back
Of your throat with spider fingers
Digging for the right language
To communicate your pain
Spoiler alert: you won’t find it down there
But you will find:
Thick mucus
Strings of blood
Nail polish chips
And stripped knuckle-skin
And every time you pummel your four longest fingers
Back-and-forth against the back of your gag reflex
You’ll be pushing yourself deeper
Into the grave that nobody knew you were digging
Jul 6, 2017
Jul 6, 2017 at 11:59 AM UTC
youve become vindictive
in your hatred
remember the victor
is always tainted
by the victory
Nov 15, 2018
Nov 15, 2018 at 5:52 PM UTC
There was no splashback
When I poo'd today
And just like that
My sadness went away.
Jan 27, 2015
Jan 27, 2015 at 11:35 AM UTC