Or at least the scammer pretending to be, does,As your partner fills their life with everyone, but you,It’s okay to cry as much as you need.Ignore the scroll of self-fulfilling deceit,Iron straight the warped mirror and scope,Correct the tilt of pelvis and rabbit ear antenna.Up right the spine and dust […]
Hot Dish and Pudding
It is okay that youAlready miss me like aCheesy tot hot dish andCafeteria 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 sugarTo a thick coating on the spoon,Relishing the delights you […]
Found Poetry – Song of Solomon
Our couch is greenYour hair is like a flock of goatsI went to the nut orchardWe have a little sister,and she has no breasts.Black and beautifulAlabaster legsFragrant nardsBreasts like fawnsHair like goatsTeeth like shorn ewesLiliesSpicesJewelsChoicest fruitsEmpty bed-Melissa Donley
Thank You For Letting Us Know
(Said, Unsaid)Aug 27: T Minus 50Dear 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 Minus 34Dear Uncle, he […]
Take Another Bite
Extra large, extra sweet, Happy Hour Half Off DrinksSausage biscuits and bean burritos, 5 for 5Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, just like mom’sDeviled eggs and potato salad, now we’re talkin’Texas fudge cakePoke cakeFinish your plateFinish your sister’s plateFinish the potWhy do you eat so much?You’re getting bigYou should […]
Found Poetry – Cascadia Daily 7.28.23
Music – article on Evensons, soundings.com (B5)Sputnik moved to music.Living was full of passionAnd a common dream ofPlanet collaboration.Radical revolutionary,High in art andPortable lives,Traveled and documentedPermaculture medicine,Influenced nature first.Song of chronic seedsMelt musicians,Returned to trueUrban permutations,Streaming peopleAs a life.From Abstraction to Realism ….. – Stephen Hunter (B6)Cluster cold oil waxSeeks […]
Places
UnderOn topBehindIn frontThe chairOur bedThe floorYour mom’s houseYour aunt’s tableOn the mountainUnder the starsIn the rainBetween hums and high notesMoments muddled and wearyIn the calm quelling the chaosI want you-Melissa Donley
Snagging for Scraps
Assure meYou’ll catch meKeep the promiseKeep the beatAnd the heatAnd when I reachWill you be there?When I disengage and distanceMy self, my light, my joyFrom you, the world, and myself,And when I reachAnd when I don’t reachWill you be there?Will you pretend I said nothingOr tell me to move on?Out […]
Minute Man Stagger
We have these sordid daysDry rising dirtBlossom tendril crackWind burn smellThrough lace up skinPronounceConsumeSay go onMinute man staggerEvening overLeave withDingy morning secretHereThereI grow mealy-Melissa Donley
Wilt
You look like you need a hug.Then your rizz glides outWith a heavy drawl of ego.I am reminded your favorIs conditional uponYou always being right.Common as your peers,I see your nervous tics.Maybe you do need a hugAnd to know thatYou have nothing to prove, thatYou can take accountability, thatYou are […]