wasted efforts

dip 2, don’t call back somewhere, i’ve got a shack to lie in: there’s a sofa sleeping behind me I woke up. drunk dial better written than done: in my head, it’s a gun that determines shicksal – always when I’m 88. i couldn’t stay straight so went down and gave it try; that dentist … Read morewasted efforts

untitled #413

the interesting thing, i find, is the blinding light that accompanies every grief. wrote poems, never a mention, made pictures it was acceptance. Had I read the letter closer, the lines that said, “accepted it”, I might have done nothing different. one imagines in that a venerability – vulnerability (      I did ) but … Read moreuntitled #413

Italian Easter

buried under winters frost, dreams gone and dreams lost. I imagined her strong, black hair, green eyes; I imagined she would sing great lullabies; I imagined she was quick, a sharp tongued wit; I imagined her paintings, her poems and her dance; I imagined we would live in France. she was to be the best … Read moreItalian Easter

Clues

“At the bottom of this bottle,” i said, tilting it full throttle down my throat, down my throat – a whisper in my ear begging to choke; to find release in anesthetic, let the time pass mechanic each swish of the second hand; oh how that run was grand.

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