Stories tagged poem

Begettings

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However did we make it this far/ without murdering one another as the other sleeps

whistle stop

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good bye suckers

Witness

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Someone must bear witness// at a comfortable remove.

whip

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under a laughing moon

The Gallery of Wounds

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The blood is memorable/ as is the copper taste of that/ momentary certainty of lockjaw.

last light

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whisper to me

Thirteen Ways of Looking at Blackbeard

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Across the placid sea/The only moving ship/ Was eyed by Blackbeard

Cockroaches From Heaven

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Cockroaches may be falling through the holes in the floorboards of heaven, but we will not be disturbed. We are agents, free and clear, even if a little bit mean. I want to quit worrying about money, but the angels upstairs won’t let me. The

F...ing Piece of Trash!

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You call this a pen? It barely writes at all. I can’t get anything to come out when I really need it, when I’m desperate to get something down, when the meaning behind everything has finally made itself apparent. Then the pen let’s me down

Delphi and Parlor Games

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Ghosts// and the voice of God/ never actually visited you

The Doorstop of Time

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And then there was a man pissing in 2 urinals, going back and forth between them, saying, “You know how they say 2 heads are better than one? Well, now I get it!”

Dial Tone

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I am asking for something as simple as water. In an oak tree, weeping, a child climbed too high. Tears that the barkstain will never wash clear. O love. We ask far too much when we fall. In a momentary lapsus, the words…

Fun Times at the Memorial Park

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Good times, underground.

The Plot Also Thickens

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Tender Is the Night but Empty Is the Spam Folder

Hyde Confronts Jekyll’s Position on a Current Affair

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I would fly drones with hydrochloric acid sprays/ over their squadrons and watch the disfigurement/ begin. I love disfigurement...