Stories tagged poem

Smack

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They shoot up through the soles of their feet once the veins in their arms are all used up. They shoot up in their necks like the cows on the African Savannah

When nothing feels right

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clutter

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am i a coin

Little Miracles

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The little miracle of milk leaking from the skin. The miracle of two mouths attached at the lips. The miracle of inhaling another human’s essence at the onset of remembrance. And the extensive and naturally occurring miracle of seeing some

Morning and Coffee

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A dirtied light falls through/ the grimed windowpanes.

I-35W

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my world cracked

One With the Crowd at the Small Town Parade

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A woman sitting on her haunches curbside at the parade with her skirt hiked up, eating funnel cake and rubbing up against the addicts beside her, while yellow and red balloons get loose from her grasp and go drifting past the faces of

Modest Proposal

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It could be fun,/ with the guns, explosives, Molotov/ Cocktails and all,

Strange Sign At the Outskirts to Paradise

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In an area of high winds and strong convictions, I have lived among the ever-changing crowd that is always the same. I must have died overnight, and now my wings are flapping in my own face. I used to be an owl, a night owl, to be sure

cookie

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give me your hand

All the Broken People

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We all// fall short and fail.

erasure

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currently

You Are Now Leaving Czech Soil

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He leans forward across the cafe table, holding both of her hands, and tries to kiss her on the lips, but she pulls back, making him beg for it. Then she kisses the top of his downturned head. Beg for it he will, and she knows it. Now he

break

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i just seem to be stuck is all

Three-toed Sloth Love

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Couldn’t we just do a quick ie