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the little golden door

The little golden door has
let me through. It was
too small at first,
but I knelt to
touch
the
handle and I am
on the other side now.

March 14, 2020

alien

i am an orphan
an alien full of
homelessness
on this strange
sound stage
called Earth.

~ anonymous 

February 1, 2020

friends

friends become strangers
at a party with
booze and weed
and unfamiliar laughter
and thirty years
of dust trembles over
a shallow grave
as a yawning
mouth swallows
a scream
without air
to speak
only
sixteen years
old now
with no blood
under her nails
on the carpet
beige carpet
clumps of hair
and glister of saliva
I sat for
so long
I say goodbye
to friends
who are strangers
and walk home
alone
for another
thirty
years.

October 5, 2020

on my way home

and the sun sinks
behind black lace
and chain link
and for one breath
my heart is free
of winter
and rises up
above gold shot
cloud into
blue sky

February 2020

palest blue

palest blue
slate clouds
like a distant sea
i wanted to dabble my fingers
in warm water
but i was on my way to work
in a city consumed by
small problems
in a room consumed by
small problems
in a heart consumed by
small problems
smallest
meanest
meaningless problems
collapsing down
into a salt plane
where no green
leaves
grow

February 2020

away

i looked away
for a moment
from that tiniest flash of
white and pink
against the pale morning sky
and lost what had been touched
by a sun that had not yet
touched us

January 2020

maow

that sound
you make
     mae-ow
     i want
not
i need or
i hurt
just
     i want
     indulge me
and so i
indulge you
and i smile
and i am
content

March 19, 2020

laundry

short walk
long ride
long walk
long shift
long walk
long ride
short walk
and tomorrow i have to do laundry

July 25, 2020

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