Category Archives: Poetry

Rhythm and

The bow and scrape of a sycophant’s kiss The rend and tear of a psychopath’s hiss The hum and whine of a masochist’s bliss There cannot be anything better than this. * * * Joyful, joyful, burning heart sets this … Continue reading

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Glittering

Falling in love with you was like falling into a glittering snowbank: dazzling and bright and overwhelming, but then it left me cold and wet and sick, feeling like I’d never be able to be warm again.

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Demon Blues

Fever and light she got those redblack eyes she got that heat that’s not heat and I vaporize. I come apart come undone in a rush I feel on fire; I know I’m too hot to touch

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Winterweary

Winterweary bones know nothing but the chill of another year beginning, when everyone knows the last one is still clinging like last year’s dead blossoms on the skeleton of a magnolia, keeping the new blooms from being able to breathe.

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What Did You Expect?

Meant to tell you something important but I Hiccuped Zigged when I should’ve zagged I have that song in my head you know the one and now I’m more than a little tegalnd pu Ohgod I remember thinking “This is all … Continue reading

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