Don’t make a sound and you’ll get people talkin’. They say, ‘slow down.’ You say, ‘I’m only walkin’.’ Work before breakfast, past dinner. Just scratching out a day. Tell me, how long do we have […]
Month: September 2018
Apricot Water (9/2018)
What if we didn’t worry? What if we walked to the sun? What if we took a weekend and didn’t have any fun? You left to set you free, but you just came undone. Why […]
Purple Silence (9/2018)
I’d write every day if I had enough ink. You gave me this pen and it’s starting to shrink. I’m just trying to save it. I’d live every day if I didn’t just think. Got […]
Off The Shelf (9/2018)
Tell me I don’t hear me on the radio While my wheels fall down the road, Up to your mountain inside the snow. Come on, get me there, bring me home. Tell me my thoughts […]
Morning Shows (9/2018)
Coat your throat. Touch the sky. Unroll the pool and float, so high. Race on and on and you wanna slow down. Days awake, Up so high. Float on the pool, unroll the sky. Way, […]
Comfortable (9/2018)
It’s flesh in front of black and white. The one you think of every night. The sting of a spring, floating away. The one with whom you know you’re safe. So you make yourself comfortable. […]
Window Pane (9/2018)
When I walk to your window, I see myself looking in. Moving drops of melted snow To find a fire burning Near your warm and calming glow. You see you outside of old frames. You […]
Stacked Storms (8/2018)
Below your toes, just above your waist. Inside, find bottom. You dig in, escape. Under the clouds, ahead of the night. Outside, jump in. Take the biggest dive. To the right of those and just […]
Rapids and Ripples (8/2018)
He could build a big beard, grab a sleeve, run away. Get a dog and a van, have no plans, have all day. Shout, ‘I’ve never felt so free. Look at me.’ But, honestly, anybody […]
Nothing Surrounding (8/2018)
I am not a liar, I just take my time. I live on a wire, sometimes I am fine. I am not a writer, I’m just wasting ink. I swam in a fire, and then […]
Half Past Jackson (8/2018)
Driving on the coast, midnight under the moon. Flying like thieves, leaving all that they brought. We’re on our way now and we won’t get caught. Crawling up the road, sunrise under the moon. Floating […]
Life, Like Rain (8/2018)
You think that you’re breaking. You don’t know you bend. You feel like collapsing, and you think it’s the end. I’d take all your rain. I’d take all your sorrow. I’d make all your days, […]
By The Pool (8/2018)
Oh, little hotel room mansion. Floating plastic lemons, sitting by the pool. Wade in water by more water, Not worried about not getting paid. Black and white cartoons and answers. I’ve never known how to […]
Jump on Water (8/2018)
Hear these same songs in this same spot. Nothing at all’s the same anymore. It all feels so different. Head to toe, connected. Hammer and nails, miles of tile. I’m out of myself and happy […]
Real Around January (8/2018)
Needles weeping under bridges with stars. People, passengers stuck in cars They don’t understand where we’re headed. We move with the speed of sound. We dance through hurricanes, No matter how loud. Sit and smoke […]
Only Breathing (8/2018)
Before I ran into you, I’d never stopped to meet me. I bounced around inside myself, Hoping to break free. Sat in the back row and wrote it all down. Wrote it all out before […]
Winter My Way (8/2018)
Organ playin’ in the background, Runnin’ down black and white Like fingers singing on a crosswalk. Annie’s swingin’ on a playground. Workin’ all day and night, Bike fingers stinging on a stopped clock. I’m always […]
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