Unglued colour Misplaced heels Coming home Camera reels, Thread Pretty parents Pretty kids You'd never guess How they would live, Dead Love and laugh Choke and hate Growing crooked Playing straight, Red Killer whales Living bones Fresh wars Old stones, Bent Slave to substance Sworn to sorrow So much … Continue reading Fooling Ourselves
Tag: #depression
Unlucky Gardener
I find it telling, Curious, And devastating, That every plant I plan to keep wilts within only a few weeks. Flowers and herbs, Even succulents easily escape from me. While I have recycled a variety of methods, With Several attempts in every session Adjusting the pressure of my attention. More water, less. More sun, less … Continue reading Unlucky Gardener
A Solemn Gift
Non-communicative, Crave communication, Like collar bones, Cracker jacks, Candy. Like a clenched fist, Dripping with brandy. It seemed to come in handy. The candy man came yesterday But all he left was the wrapping. A solemn gift for my collar bones, Which remain empty.
Invisible Fruit
Rust-colored rats run along the cracked rim. They rip ripened nectarines in half and ask, What do you think of them? Center exposed, a closed eye whispers Don't they look nice? With that spit-shiny glimmer, Like the Stockholm-caged brains Of snow-white pet mice? Disgust sings. Juice stream spit drains out of mind veins, Shut me. … Continue reading Invisible Fruit
The Reality of Impact
Our most important Star Burns child's eye bright in this Texas heat. A shiny yellow, sweltering, sparkle-drenched sauna That morphs the sea blue sky foggy just for me. But I've been praying for rain, Perched upon bony knees, bruising blisters in the bottom of the shower drain. And I haven't been praying Because I can … Continue reading The Reality of Impact
Another Day
I open my eyes, clutch my lover, Check the time, set another alarm, Pretend laying there for an ten extra minutes gains me an hour. I go to into the bathroom, I pee. I put on my underwear, bra, pants, undershirt and work shirt in that order. Braid my hair, tie the knot. Shake my … Continue reading Another Day
Withdrawn
Too little input, Like shoes hanging from a telephone wire- All scenery and wonder. What is it like to be part of the action? Excited to see what I'll say, A thick interjection Forced past better judgment But it just isn't coming. Nothing gets in the way Of a star slinging jade. But a jade … Continue reading Withdrawn
A Pretty Defiance
How small I have allowed you To change me into Leaves shaking-. While muddy emotional particles overtake me with waltzes. Where was it again that I left My bravery? Where did you leave me? I cannot say I didn’t kick and scream like an infant Maybe Your ears were turned away from my stumble-speech, Mumbling … Continue reading A Pretty Defiance
Twisted, Glistening, Silent, and Blistered
Stretched t h i c k Then thin, Sent soaring toward thick again. Saltwater taffy- Epidermal twins, sporting a similar skin, Laughing between bouts of anxious chagrin, Atlantic Ocean plastic fish missing their fins, Finished before the line appears again, Foolish to count on the invisible win, Shredding my rough skin, Shedding ears of corn … Continue reading Twisted, Glistening, Silent, and Blistered
Intrinsic Significance 