You lie to me You cry with me You’ll have to leave me I can’t be strong Our song is on Your heart’s gone Something’s wrong Why… Read more “At the Holiday Inn with Logan”
Month: July 2018
Mother Moonlight Starshine
I’m shiny and 12 again. I’m scraping the topsoil with my hands. When I was 12 I used to love when I got sweaty and funky and… Read more “Mother Moonlight Starshine”
Contains 0% Juice
This time I am confident that I have finally done what I set out to do so long ago. I scared the shit out of him. And… Read more “Contains 0% Juice”
Carolina Velvet Ant
The expiration on the side of the generic wheat bread read 7/25/18. It would expire tomorrow and it had never been opened. She normally wasn’t this wasteful.… Read more “Carolina Velvet Ant”
Core Disturbances
Don’t kiss me and mean it, don’t call me. I need you to be a passing thing. Don’t cry on my shoulder and let me dry your… Read more “Core Disturbances”
Amaza Lee Meredith
A woman, no different from me, published poetry in 1767. A woman, no different from me, escaped slavery in 1849. A woman, no different from me, opened… Read more “Amaza Lee Meredith”
Overflow Abatement
I noticed the bird flying around my garden singing ever so sweetly about how nice it was to be free I knew as soon as I saw… Read more “Overflow Abatement”
Cluster B
Yeah so, I wish that we were still friends. Honestly, I find myself saying that more and more to everybody that I used to know who suddenly… Read more “Cluster B”
Taupe
He said I’m irritated. I expected someone to do something and they didn’t. So now I’m in limbo, hoping the thing happens soon so that I can… Read more “Taupe”
Raw Emotional Chronic Relapse State
He promises me something. I fall for it every single time. He tells me that I’m the one. I want to believe his lies. He says that… Read more “Raw Emotional Chronic Relapse State”
My Mind, My Mood, My delicately poisoned pen... 