Author Archives: Catastrophe Jones
On The Occasion Of Your Anniversary
Peppermint on my tongue to wash away the taste of bourbon and cheap hotel rooms. In that place where sand touches water, the liminal space of borders, where one thing becomes another, I constantly find myself wanting to correct my … Continue reading
Finding Out
Thunderheart and sickswimbobblehead the spinspindizzy of whoopbreathchoke and stumbletripstumbletrip until crashsmack and grimaceblush or gritgrin or flinchsmile and achewalk, groansighslump, yearnreachwish — bowkneelplant, bowretchsob, holdtight holdfast holdon givein giveup giveout — wavebreak of tidalrush Brokenheart, griefstruck. Stricken. Rememberlove. Darlinglove. Wonderjoy, … Continue reading
I Feel It
I feel it, the welling sorrow, the sucking, drowning black of it, the empty chill, the hollow barren-blue of a dead sky overhead and a whorling sea around. I feel it, the way there was once a fire in me, … Continue reading
Linguistics
I miss kisses. I miss the taste of lips on lips. I miss the hunger in your eyes and the warmth of your hands. I miss the violence of your love, the way your teeth would sink in, the way … Continue reading
DeathWatch No. 121 – “You love me.” “You’re right. I do”
This is Issue #121 of DeathWatch, an ongoing Serial. Click that link to go find ‘A Beginning’ and read from there, if you need to catch up. Happy Reading! PREVIOUS * * * “Why do you delay?” Lucida wondered, standing at … Continue reading