something to wash it down
I should’ve waitedfor you to come with me. Why is it that I’malways busy? Even on vacation Icannot relax. I should’ve waited for youbut I brought business with me and I eat when I’m bored. *** My partner and I got an Airbnb just outside of Boone, NC. At the last second, he said he…
Rabbit Ear Moments
Well, here it freakin’ is. If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ve probably already read the majority of these poems, but I’ve edited the prose and the verse of most of them to get them to fit into the 5.5 x 8.5 zine page format. I like them better this way and I…
there was a tornado that lifted us to heaven
Hello, hello. I have another dream poem for you and unfortunately, WordPress still doesn’t let me do the things that I’d like to do without plugins, which aren’t accessible without upgrading my plan. But I’m gonna give PDFs a shot to see if I like them better. You can read that poem at the bottom…
How old is this pizza?
Yeah, I shop at Walmart.It’s a one-stop shop. Where else can you getyour favorite pizza & the best cookie you evertasted & your daily dose of prescribed conformity?Remind you of grade school too? I used to eat only the toplike a picky coon. It’s all trash forwards& backwards anyway. *** My partner and I accidentally…
a googled bible verse
I’m really over WordPress not letting me insert TABS, y’all. So we doin’ PNGs until further notice. Poem follows:
reading steiner
I’ve been watchingtoo much tv now I am the disaffected butterfly on fury roadmaking donuts in the sandon a windy day dreaming my exit witheach turn it’s Christmas and we’re running out of coal *** I infiltrated a retro flying saucer that was invading the planet and activated an invisibility device as soon as I…
the view from her place
you arrive early and alone,sole bearer of bad newsand no one cares the dearly departed are just that,gone like the green from their bongsand it’s suffocating don’t help with the dishesand leave your dirtied knivesthat fell into the disposal but have another lookat Mount Saint Helensand say goodbye to your friends *** My boyfriend and…
mama
Follow, she saidand you did, of course.Wait, she said,you can’t rush this. She said listen,things will get better,they always do. Follow, she said. * * * In this dream, I owned a nice house in my hometown only a mile away from my mom’s house. (So obviously some parts of my life were going just…
interactive wasteland
look it’s getting late I’ve got to run don’t wanna miss my train * * * This dream is a couple years old and I left the prose unedited. I thought it would be fun to let it marinate for a while and my perspective from then to now is wildly different. So I was…
please, no loose change
we never received it soI sent it back triple a will be here shortly it’s downhill dinnertimeso leave the carthe fight isn’t worth it besideswe’ve time left to catch the bus *** (For reference, I work at a bank)I was filling in at anther branch and it was a pretty slow day. An old friend…
i have to water my cat
imposterrun like you always do the cats are on the looseleaping through the groceryocean too must be twenty-one or olderto eat at this popcorn standor at least give a damnwhen the floor turns blue *** This dream kinda sorta requires a basic level of knowledge of the anime My Hero Academia. There’s this bad guy…
scar tissue
step out the door halfway around the world they paint the ground in red it’s in their teeth dripping down your arms and legs damp pictures of death with no chance of reprieve so much ripping’s been torn into the whole of you and unto you a scarlet black sleeve *** I was at work.…
lost and found
Stolen texts and old graphics, lost in a derelict archive collecting lives and dust. He didn’t intend to excavate antiques forgotten by privilege, innocent little finds. unearth a snare. Uncared for monsters wreaking havoc on hordes of knowledge, stories left untold. He couldn’t afford to leave them behind. Never mind the vengeance twofold a game…
it evens you out
empathy it evens you out soaking up the anger frustration don’t care gives you perspective not the way it should be the way it is a problem fixed for you a problem you didn’t know you had *** This dream, like most, began like a regular day. My mom needed help changing the…
When We Were Done Dying
The website said experimental. Electronic, pop, psychedelic. The venue, however? Rows of seats, still too crowded for your average asthmatic. Experimental. Oh, yes. There were butt wiggles, head bobs, knee slaps, arm waves, mask sweat. Possessed fools began to shoot up, forming pits and hurling spit. The whole of us shuddered each time. Now we…
Enough is Never Enough
What are we doing here fighting over things we don’t want, things we don’t care about? I’ve seen kids rip each other to shreds over a video game which I doubt they’ll play in a week. A meaningless fight compared to the forty others raging on in a sea of goading chants and primal growls.…
Vegvísir
By that shoal swam myth and majesty, each with a face, blurry still with the tide settling. And there became a convergence of souls in that shallow place, a commune of spirits of our own devising. Their stories lie among the stacks in shades of blue, captured loosely in an afternoon. Funny how nature comes…
In This Body Dwells Another
There were giants in the lands that sub-blessed afternoon. In the distance and in these hands. At my soles and in the sand. And at my feet is where their feet begin. A solstice day that might never end. The titan in my head marches on, hungry and proud of the days to come. Of…
A Beach Made of Rainbow
At the edge of a world afraid, there rests a place where the sea collects gems, weaves them into jewelry, and adorns them on her beaches like lives to a bookcase. A safe space for folk of all kinds to come together and meet their end, I found myself there with her, sealed in amber…
Meet Me in a Raindrop
Suspended in a raindrop that never fell. A memory that hasn’t happened replays on and on but I won’t tell. I won’t speak on the endless hypotheticals swimming in and out of this bubble nor the prison I made to contain these thoughts heretical. And honestly, I don’t know how to swim. I was supposed…
Moving to Neptune
As sure as the moon is blue and the grass is crimson, I belong up there in the waters hidden under the shadows of an earth too detached in a space made crowded by rubies atmospheric. No, I missed the ship to ol’ Neptune, a sapphire magnet so near, drawing closer and closer still to…
They slammed the door in my face
Claustrophobic. I barely fit in this doll house let alone a gymnasium, too many questions. Thank god for plastic, just malleable enough for me to squeeze myself past judgmental inquiries. Why’s it only me in this Gothic nightmare of a place with bright colors in confined space? And now I hear that you’re suffering too,…
What You Want
We were as statues, made to be in your way. You give us a glimpse of the future and say, “This is what you want, no? Enough to move?” No, but enough to distract. Enough to make what our generation lacks seem like a proven fact. I’ve gleaned a desire that awaits me in my…
Dog Days
Come here, little one. Hold still, this won’t hurt a bit. Yes, we’ll have tons of fun but for now, stay calm and sit. I’m… I’m sorry… It’ll be over in a flash. Smack! I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to— All better? I know it hurts so please be careful next time, I don’t want…
Scenic Route
Addicted to the nothing of sleep and everything it brings, they gave me a new hat to try on and with one yawn, it brought me dreams. It brought me visions of driving, cars rushing past me. The scenery shifts into things that can’t be, but forgotten just as easily. Then I awake in my…
Wake-up Call
Graduate from darkness in three simple flashes. Source unknown. It wakes you up regardless. It reminds you of a camera, three shots you took of yourself while you slept much like a samara’s descent. And you watch, examine the stills of someone familiar plunging, disconnected from the remembering. It’s not the falling, but the landing…
Elevate
What brings you here on such a night, under satellite? The sirens echo like it’s such a chore. Oh, the blood and mortar. I escaped to a quiet resort, into a room full of all sorts of people, people who remain, waiting to be elevated. Out of order. Fixated on those who reside above. Separated…
A Game of Choices
At first, I was going to make this into a dream poem but I wanted to be more explicit in the description of this particular dream. What’s a Choice? I dreamt a dream I shouldn’t remember. A clever dream, really. A dream more easily forgotten than the next, yet remembered. If only slightly. In another…
Future Fear
Father, I’ve seen you too soon. Your eyes of passion do not incite when you spot me. I know I’ve done great things. Disappointment, for you, should come naturally by now. Am I stuck in a slump? Groceries for grandma. I’m just as pathetic as you. I hug you to alleviate my solace. You squeeze…
Biblioteca
A bookcase, a staircase. The Ginsburg lady can lift you up to the next landing. In your own words, how would you describe the fear and independence of the climb? I came here for knowledge not daring athletics. And I’m what? A petty thief with delusions standing? That’s a different story. A different woman with…
Dreams of Stranger Times
So I’m thinking about getting back into poetry. But the extent of my “good” poetry is pretty much exclusively dream poems, in which I have a dream, wake up and write it down, then transform it into a poem. So I guess I’ll just share a few I wrote while at university and see how…
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