Blackberry jelly liesbetween the truth of your lipsand the bricks of your heartSticky-sweet, seeds sticking tothe grit in your teeth,the gravel in your voiceas you carry empty sentiments on the wind. The seeds know. The untapped potentialThe hate wrapped in denialThe shame. They know the truth. Jelly lies drip Drip Dripping from yourfingertipsBlackberry blood poolinground … Continue reading “Jelly”
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Walk Softly: A Poem
Several days ago, I came across an article that told of a man who was using the NOAD example sentences to write stories. "How inspiring!" I thought. "What a fantastic exercise!" I continued to think about this brilliance and how I'd love to find a copy and take a stab at doing something of my own. … Continue reading Walk Softly: A Poem
Stew: A Poem
Didn't I see you yesterday out on the Mexican Battle Grounds? Smoking your cherry wood pipe, its cherry the only color in the Third Quarter Moonlight? Or was it Coffee Pot Landing last week? drinking iced Dragonwell tea, Basking in the fireball sky lying in the dew-sweet martian grass in tie and suit? I don't … Continue reading Stew: A Poem
Drivers: A Negative Inversion Poem to “Passengers”
Pluto will implode like a gall bladder in its moons, the light flips to water and the water to a nameless name, There will never be anyone driving the motorcycle through these one-ways strewn with broken glass among blathering men hating their children, never a quick alphabet of sun speaking of lingering and surviving, never … Continue reading Drivers: A Negative Inversion Poem to “Passengers”
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