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word splay
we can’t just keep on going over how the whole thing’s going under it’s been going around for far too long what we’ve all been going through with our income on the outs with the most concre...
instead of saint peter
is there a patron saint of truckstops? does someone stand for the in-betweens protecting the liminal places both seen and those unseen who watched us at the crossroads other than the devil’...
double meaning blues
I tried raising some Cain but I was just unable tried raising racing horses but I ended up unstable tried rising dough in a warm kitchen but I couldn’t raise the bread ...
human beans
of course the dogs freak out when they see each other when you end up kidnapped by the giant aliens yourself when you’re kept by them as an amusement and companion you’ll ...
territorial pissings
just because lines on a map are of functional passing utility doesn’t make them anything actual most of the things that the lines represent are made up the roads and the buildings...
content
content, content everywhere but not a place to think content, content everywhere contentment, not a wink I’m not much for drinking I’m not saying it’s wrong but you can keep the wine ...
love's labours found
our expertise won’t save us now plain logic won’t repair us either now sage reasoning won’t redeem us negotiating won’t even buy us a breather but though no saviour in plain sight the...
over a barrel
the hoary pervasive myth that freedom must be won down the barrel of a gun is one of the worst toxic lies underpinning our entire society on the right and the left both way too many gr...
blizzard
all this awful winter snow just like life seems like a tedious hassle to be endured dealt with, cursed, dug out from beneath mocked or hated, maybe at best tolerated until that...
relativity
it feels like I’m doin’ time it feels like I’m due in time feels like I’m dew on the vine it’s time to step off the podium it’s time to jump off the cross admit ...
control
control is an illusion total control is anyway maybe you have a hand on the wheel but the road itself is always at heel there’s always how the others feel there’s always an element of dumb...
what I mean to say
you can’t just write for yourself but you can’t just write for other people either you gotta write about the things inside you everyone else feels too but think they are alone that connection, ...
masks down
the bastards may have you buffaloed may have you worrying on what’s possible what’s in line with your ideological tribe may have you confused upon what’s even real but none...
someday we'll sleep again
the bad news is that the pain will probably never get any less when you love someone that much when they’re that much a part of you it probably never stop hurting it’ll probably never even ...
past belief
don’t let nobody else in the world make you old no one else’s stern words or opinions no one’s jobs or expectations of you nobody’s laws ideas or mythologies either none of these things can ...
drinking the
Kool-Aid Flavours Could Also Be Sex Toys: The Great Blue-Dini Purplesaurus Rex Slammin’ Strawberry Oh-Yeah Orange Pineapple Shaking Starfruit Man-o-Mangoberry Cherry Cracker Grape Tan...
jewel
the sharp cut of her wit in an equal proportion to the softness of her lips in an equal proportion to the lush curve of her hips then a million other things I hope to yet discover still ...
fallen, in love
you have to give the devil this much: unlike Almighty God, he is humble enough to cut you a deal and do it in person oh, sure, of course, yes he’ll fuck you over hard but at least he w...
the one stage of grief
they tell you that you won’t always be asking yourself if this is actually a nightmare asking yourself if you’re actually just in hell every couple of hours they tell you that those feeling...
uncommon decency
if you find people berating you to be a decent human being within mixed company it’s not “political correctness gone wild” it’s not “don’t be a sensitive child” it’s not “social justice run...
postcards from New York City
they say that God gave moles their digging claws and since God matches advantage to equal flaws that high-and-mighty bastard stole away with their eyes they say there always has to be a t...
you were cool
history’s empires rise and fall great queens and kings now forgotten except their names on bathroom walls receipts for wheat stamped into clay all that remains for us...
silicon-based organism
no, keeping a facial recognition scan of yourself inside the cellphone at your hip is a great idea it’s not like any nineteen year old Russian hacker could get that in about five minutes of...
virtue signalling
I don’t give a damn if someone is being virtuous to be seen for it or if they’re being virtuous in saintly anonymity as long as you’re being virtuous you can “virtue signal” all you want, I sa...
stage fright
I like to say that I never get “stage fright” because I’ve always been comfortable on stage I’ve never been worried about being seeing me oh sure, I’m afraid that my material is awful ...
Book Description
these are first-drafts of my newer poems.
some of them will be great, some will be awful.
most will be okay.
