It is okay that you Already miss me like a Cheesy tot hot dish and Cafeteria chocolate pudding. Scratch-made sizzling Bursts of proclamation, Prodding every thirsting tooth and bud, You salivate, Savoring the morsels I could bestow. All-you-can-eat by mouth and hand, Gallons of delectable acquiescence, From heated milk and […]
Found Poetry – Song of Solomon
Our couch is green Your hair is like a flock of goats I went to the nut orchard We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. Black and beautiful Alabaster legs Fragrant nards Breasts like fawns Hair like goats Teeth like shorn ewes Lilies Spices Jewels Choicest fruits […]
Thank You For Letting Us Know
(Said, Unsaid) Aug 27: T Minus 50 Dear Uncle, 5 days ago my brother was placed in a medically induced coma. The doctors assure us he is fine and will wake him within 3 weeks. You have known him since his genesis. She found you through him. Sep 13: T […]
Take Another Bite
Extra large, extra sweet, Happy Hour Half Off Drinks Sausage biscuits and bean burritos, 5 for 5 Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, just like mom’s Deviled eggs and potato salad, now we’re talkin’ Texas fudge cake Poke cake Finish your plate Finish your sister’s plate Finish the pot […]
Found Poetry – Cascadia Daily 7.28.23
Music – article on Evensons, soundings.com (B5) Sputnik moved to music. Living was full of passion And a common dream of Planet collaboration. Radical revolutionary, High in art and Portable lives, Traveled and documented Permaculture medicine, Influenced nature first. Song of chronic seeds Melt musicians, Returned to true Urban permutations, […]
I Wish Me the Best
It was hard for me to give up on the idea that we could be friends. Silly of me to give you a grace you were accustomed to, but never earned. It hurt to bear witness to the unbothered mask you wore and the steady, rehearsed bass in your voice. […]
Places
Under On top Behind In front The chair Our bed The floor Your mom’s house Your aunt’s table On the mountain Under the stars In the rain Between hums and high notes Moments muddled and weary In the calm quellling the chaos I want you
Snagging for Scraps
Assure me You’ll catch me Keep the promise Keep the beat And the heat And when I reach Will you be there? When I disengage and distance My self, my light, my joy From you, the world, and myself, And when I reach And when I don’t reach Will you […]
Minute Man Stagger
(Magnetic Poetry) We have these sordid days Dry rising dirt Blossom tendril crack Wind burn smell Through lace up skin Pronounce Consume Say go on Minute man stagger Evening over Leave with Dingy morning secret Here There I grow mealy
Wilt
You look like you need a hug. Then your rizz glides out With a heavy drawl of ego. I am reminded your favor Is conditional upon You always being right. Common as your peers, I see your nervous tics. Maybe you do need a hug And to know that You […]