Oh Mother

not everyone gets to say goodbye before the great deeds are counted. But I’ve gotten to: I told her, Animals that eat their young are better suited to be parents than she ever was; she only said she loved me. I believe it, too. But I’ve also had whores swear their love ’til death. I’m … Read moreOh Mother

mornings

most mornings, i can’t see from the water filling my eyes, it’s sticks and stones that make everything blurry. my chest caves in with the weight of a new day, and the light takes away life’s defining edges. There is no hope, forty or fifty more years of every morning tears: dying is how we … Read moremornings

On the night of the Democratic Primary’s in Connecticut.

here’s the one I’d wanted…. sadly, the Red Sox have won and now my poem lays wasted… March 2nd 2004 Upon the counting of determinates,our future still lies in waste,but wasting in decisionsis now our allied fate.For now we have allied ourselveswith that thing most rot with fear,a compromise of our promises,our friend the wolf, … Read moreOn the night of the Democratic Primary’s in Connecticut.

lost today

i lost today; all things, gone. awoke to the sun’s goodbye. awoke to evening’s disenfranchisement. lost my clubhouse a while ago, a victim of fear. lost dreams, loves, voices… [i only took the drugs to be more … acceptable] time gone and gone again and times… oh the times. i won’t see anyone tonight. (but … Read morelost today

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