Pale Blue Soul
I wasn’t ready. I could deny that I was ready, that I was black consequence, late. I had blind chances, but sight breaks like disinfectant. His quiet minutes blew off the wind. His face said that he...
View ArticleThe Whisper
A whisper, sapphire, spiral breath in the air. We choke on language. Our silent hands hold each other up. The staircase is a treacherous place, though. I at the top. You at the bottom of a death match,...
View ArticleThe Dark Island
A gold poetry rests under hand, he was a painter and a wrinkle in life. I am his daughter. On his lap, music listened to my breath, he was a sweet harmonica smothered in vodka. I was a drinking flower....
View ArticleWhen It Snows In The Desert…
there is no grace. Each flake is a poisoned needle jabbing in my skin. Every sting of winter is a piece of her blue eyes, and his blue lips barely parted in a box. I imagine his last breath and wonder...
View ArticleTrigger
This is where she could drip blood if it could drip outside of the body, but she is internal. Penetration can happen if lead solders make contact. On a bluish/gray scale, she was never meant to be...
View ArticleHot For War
I’m not so angry after all this time, he smells like honey, hot roasting in the damp evening. His carpet moves like the sea. I might be breathing, but he’s not. His blood is worn out in deep veins,...
View ArticleDayDream
I can’t have you come back like August without water. Your limbs shriveled and cracking, bare knuckled, moving like a tree away from fire. We built moons in the back of Cadillac’s, coffee black leather...
View ArticleCenter Of Time
Welcome home, a strawberry plant grows out back for you, but it has twisted to fingernails to scratch away the bugs. It has a heart, ready for transplant. I promised to die, I admit, I’m in the habit,...
View ArticleWhen The Fire Burns
I haven’t drank you for an hour, or swallowed the sharks swimming in your pale manhood. The road gobbled me up and I do not miss your cancerous tongue, all I smell is rubber and all I want is the moon...
View ArticleJack The Ripper
Summer has changed. Shadows walk loudly through the forest. I never thought I could multiply this way, but you help me heat the sun. Now I’m locked in the middle of a road that I don’t know, your feet...
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