Sits on silver stained by strangers at the gateLittle more than melon water for the waitA banana for the airOne’s sweetIf I had everything, you’d be here with me Clocks and countdowns can’t see candles […]
Month: February 2023
Dolls In Dolls
Get out of my head and come say helloDolls in dolls in dollsOut of my head and knock on my doorDolls in dolls in dolls Looking at me, used to look at meSmiling so subtlyOne […]
Waiting On A Bagel I Never Ordered (Diane’s Macchiatto)
Stood looking at meShe’s looking at meIt’s early, got early, too early for meThat and I’mOh my what a morningThat and I’mEarly for meMust be waiting on the spreadThat and I’mSipping something sweet?This. What? I’mDrinking […]
This Here That There
You say do this so I do thisThen you do that but I did thisThat’s how we make this and thatHow are you still missing that? You say stop that so I stop thatThen you […]
Coasting Past Waves
We sleep in beds so we don’t standand fall into a riot land We stretch our eyes and rest our mindand travel to a distant time We hand with feet and walk on handsAnd somehow […]
Soon She
She lives in distant presentShe’ll be here now it seemsShe’s in the rear view mirrorand futuristic dreams She gives it all she’s been throughShe’ll see gold soon enoughShe’s blind to destroyed lightnessand unrealistic stuff ReappearFuture […]
Path of Logical
Burgundy glass eyesLeopard prints for milesSliding through snow like shadows in the night Burnt logs feeling lowLeft for dust and snowKnowing the while that shadows at times smile Even this, even thatWhat makes sense confuses […]
Quiet Test
He doesn’t come around some daysHe walks around most daysComes around corners talking to angels or ghostsWhoever is the quietest Gone to find his echo He says to speak your mind most daysHe speaks his […]
Bound to Fall
Forever on a limbReaching, bound to fallToo big to catchToo tiny to stall Falling from a treeWords from sentencesReads illiteracyReading books of little red seasWood and walks, you see?Floating past the air A sunrise with […]
What She Say
Magic woman come my wayWith big old black packed suitcaseToolbelt resting on her hips, this is what she say Magic woman come my wayStroll right in, into my placeKnives as smiles reflect me, whisper what […]
There Here
At times we fall out of our dreamsOr noise slows them down it seems They toss ideasThrow ideas they think we’ll need We find our sleep and when we reachWe gather things we knew we’d […]
Ideas
At times we fall out of our dreamsOr noise slows them down it seems They toss ideasThrow ideas they think we’ll need We find our sleep and when we reachWe gather things we knew we’d […]
Patio Wax pt. 5
Knocked it off my mindAnd it fell right inSo it’s all competitionA cloud composition above a bridgeCursive perspiration pastesWe crawled and flew and stopped the raceRain throws rainbows, elbows, you knowDogs they name Beau get […]
Call It Morning
Slow slam shut to wake up the neighborsHead this way because no one is watchingBlue nines line sidewalks with sixesThey say crazy, I call it morning Two cups of coffee so she’ll call meHead this […]
Paintings of Ladders
A brand new startTake better care of our heartBeyond the moat and walls and hallsPast kings and queens with diamond ringsDown stairs, under ladders, above a paintingTo us, it’s everything. They all jump in line […]
On The Level
Young, they were drivingHe was driving, she was ridingSinging made up words to songs they knewSongs they’d sing before they grew Young, they were drivingHe was driving, she was ridingSinging “c’mon, c’mon” before songs they […]
Where Did The Time Go?
Different things everydayOne thought lingers, prances, staysDogs bark and fly beyond sunlightOh Big evening plannedInterruption static concerned with the noiseRopes and toys, a drive into a tombstoneDifferences, nothing but untapped time Hmm some words shot […]
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