Lazy Eye
None of the changes go unnoticed. The selfie, the selfless, the social lonely. Nothing to indicate even a maybe, watching, not watching, but watching you lazy. Wandering, this lazy eye, the one that prompts a…
Skin Deep
I can see the flesh that covers, all the horror death discovers. and I can see the underneath, jawbone holding yellow teeth. and I can see the end you hasten. from the poison that you…
another place
it begins in the morning. here. or there. I dodge two small running bodies on the way to the kitchen, “okay, what do you boogers wanna eat today?” more running. I hear a giggle. I…
Flashes.
this is what we all do. whether quietly internalizing, or yelling, screaming, criticizing. this is what we all do, even you. the stream of things of little sense. the thing we label consciousness. the soup…
Ellipse
I wonder why you smile sometimes. Surrounded by what shouldn’t be. Not all that comes of fate unraveled, belongs upon the midden heap. Lovely bits of life leftover, left to love when love is bolder.…
Eurythmic
what a surprise to see you dear, still, so far, yet somehow near. what a surprise to feel alive, to know that something strong survived. fancy that, the flights of fancy, take me to the…
photos are lonely, alright?
come on love. stop it. just stop. let’s quit asking for jesus, even he wouldn’t believe us. how much have you suffered? do you think he would bother? if weighed against all of the awful…
something sade
It’s a common thing, those facebook posts. I won’t capitalize. You know the ones that I mean. The pictures of generic things, that tell the glowing world you’re crazy, born of defect, but never lazy.…
CPR
You can fall in love with sounds. A voice for instance. A tone. A certain pitch. average comfort left unmeasured. I can still hear yours. Surprising bass from fragile beauty. Laughter heard from anything. A…
The easiest hardest thing.
It is not better to know what could be, versus the nothing that currently is. Circle carved in the box before me, Finding that all of the pieces fit. Cleverly edit the sorrow from solace,…