The words I’ve swallowed deep,Swallowed whole without retreatHave burnt away my loving start,Scorching earth and hearth and heart.Herding my blood […]
Don’t you trust me?
I’ve never felt more scared of being alone, Than when I picked at my bandage. And instead of letting the […]
Sorry to Disappoint, Dear.
It was a saccharine and devout constraint that I could hardly curse a word without biting down on the hearsay […]
Curtain Call Calls Curtain.
I have nothing to left to say.My lips remain pursed around another corridor of curtain callsExalting with it my run-on […]
Literally Allegorical.
Be careful,I insistDo not notice without proper notice,The allegories you wish to resist.
Ounce of Curse.
Betrayal had a way with tricky turns,Always territorial over our stickiest concernsDropping every ounce of curse all at once,Until any […]
Venn Diaphragm.
These finite nerve endings violated every purpose in my neurotic venn diaphragm,Fragmenting into diagrams that I had rarely cherished. Although […]
It’s a Party, so smile.
With determined separation,A room filled with voicesAmplifies the echoing absenceOf the melancholy melodyheld within the mute.
Musical Confinement
At the bottom rung I couldn’t stop the tune,And at the next reach upwardsIt blared again,As if the sky above […]
Sugarcoated.
The group deflected any outright accusation. Preparing statements that assured the gatherings of question-toting people, To resolve their qualms with […]
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