Keeping busyFor M to skirt the mind’s madness, to suit-up against the heart’s desire to think about what’s missing because everywhere you look, it’s possible that all you see is lack, loss, lustre-listless. ennui sounds delightful on the tongue but weighs the muscles like acid, lactic lackadaisical. listen to love songs to lavish the lashes,… Continue reading POEM A DAY – August 3
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POEM A DAY – August 2
as I lifted my nose into a gust of wind I was thinkingthat if we couldjust lift the thing just lift if abovethe bodylet it hover show its flightshow its fightshow its might that we’d alljust be nakedand wouldn’t that be okay?for like, a briefmoment? if we could just bebags of boneswith a luscious brain,… Continue reading POEM A DAY – August 2
POEM A DAY – July 27
sometimes we don’t see the end I mean, how could we?eyes filtered with shades of redmuscles jazz-handingskin zinging from touches that move dreams into concretefutures: marriage, house, babythe inevitability of hardshipslaughable because love because in love everythingis possible except the endand this is not a denial of deathbecause love cradles death a lullaby of knowing…… Continue reading POEM A DAY – July 27
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