Tag Archives: poems
Verdigris
Breathless, caught up in anticipation, how long will it be before you find me boring, before I think you are. Right now, your touch is electric, and every kiss brings a frisson of pain and pleasure, as I imagine telling … Continue reading
Pile Up
I let the cards pile up, the red flag notices, the warnings. I let the shouts, the anger, the snarling hate pile up. I let it fill. I let it fill me. I let it over- flow. These are the … Continue reading
Locked Away
Her smile can hide a wealth of lies and all of them in blood I hear his words behind his words not all of them are good the more I listen, listen hard the more he wants to play He … Continue reading
Easier
Hang me, drain me, cut and bleed me, leave me in the wind to dry and grow as hollow as the apologies you’ll decorate me with, later, leave me as nothing but bones, nothing but a rattle and rush, nothing … Continue reading
I Imagine Some Day
I imagine some day you will believe me when I tell you my paper skin can take no more of your tears. Someday when you wipe your eyes on me and your crying is over and I am thick with … Continue reading