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Pure Unbridled Joy

Click clackClick clackLook sweetheart Alligator on a stringLike at home but paintedGreen Click clackClick clackDistract with a peck drawn slowly And how your loveDances like steam in the boilerWarm and engulfing Click clackStunned disbelief at the words andPure, unbridled joy Thump thump thumpClick clackYaba dib dib dib Time to goI love you soClick clack ClickContinue reading “Pure Unbridled Joy”

Panic

Impatient, irritableFor so long Count to fiveDo it againUnclench the jawSoften the face Wait Let your shouldersDropBreathe This is not a crisisThis is not a crisis Time only passesWhen you noticeOtherwise you just getOld So wait hereHere in the smoke and soft rain You can remember this momentSoft streetlamp shrouded inTrees Back to our bedroomWhatContinue reading “Panic”

Perennials

FlowersIt had to have beenFlowered wallpaper Glued to the living room closetWhen I’d walk in, unkemptBeard frozen with breath You and Lindsey put it up, couldn’tTell you when or why orWhich blog post FlowersPerennialsMaybe life’s like Perennials; like theSplit root, I choseMy moment’s hill, but I took the drugs and sawThe dull beats andRepeats; turnsContinue reading “Perennials”

I Literally Cried About You Yesterday and It’s Been (7) Years

That night you slept on the floor next to meWe talked all nightStaring at the ceilingOh, what did we talk about?What the hell did we talk about? Couldn’t ask now. In a field of dead neurons sleepA thousand of these.Grasping at the ashes. The unbothered snowLike a starry night inverted in the sun.Like a dream.Continue reading “I Literally Cried About You Yesterday and It’s Been (7) Years”

All The Way Down

I felt the life leave his bodyI felt his last breathSaw the last twitch of the eye Broke the ribsAll the way down“PUSH HARDER” So many days nowI’ve looked for youSo many days now “PUSH HARDER”Didn’t think I’d feel so sadDon’t know what’s left to say “GOOD COMPRESSION”Skin tearing under my palmShaking off the rustContinue reading “All The Way Down”

Baby Colors

Swirling white fingerlingsBlue in the cracksLaced like TumbleweedLaced likeFunnel cake I take a deep breath, jog, then raceRebirth in the canal of January’sDefiant, piercing, vibrant Western Sun! Two-tone, ombre,Light pink touch the blueHead held just under the surface Suppressing the wriggling doubts andPersistent delusions, no,The curtains lie open Air is just above my crownAnd willContinue reading “Baby Colors”

How It Feels

I wonderHow it feelsHow it feels to beAuthentic Mind unaddledNot pushed to the limit andFarther How it feelsWaking at theIntended hour How it feelsWhen the jitters subside Retreat, retreatReset, resetThe Sisyphus Seesaw I am the infinite mixing bowlAdd a lil, add a lilAdderall, Adderall How it feels toRead a bookHave I forgotten? Mixing, mixingAll mixedContinue reading “How It Feels”

Peonies

I noticed today and everything here smells like peoniesThe candle, the spray,The way she told me, quite a few times,I just love the smell of peonies Your hair changes colors all the timeIt almost looks pink in the lightDon’t worry little oneYour dad’s a nurse I think it’s sad that myTime to shine is usuallyContinue reading “Peonies”

One Again

I’ve been dreaming of theDardenne Creek deluge onMexico What was once clear, picturesque,ColonizedNow, overgrown withReanimated wood Drive you through theNooks and cranniesPlaces I’ve been but never seen Pick you up and let youSink through my skin.Become one again Tinkering, evaluating, experimenting,Us in Renaissance Our world is youngOur world isOnly beginning Psychedelic in itsNovelty,Clear shores invitingContinue reading “One Again”

Cloud

You said,“This isn’t beautiful”“I think it’s disgusting”“This is a disease” And I didn’t know how to respond, becauseI didn’t see your frame inMorning’s soft light I saw something elseI saw something like an iconI saw something like incense haze I saw you from the choir balconyRadiant and holy and When I said you wereBeautifulI thoughtContinue reading “Cloud”