Teeth of Cascadia

Alpine wind Falling Forever The air’s so thin Leaves and stone and rain And mud and snow and Water and steps and slopes And links in the chain Then you don’t know the mind Then you don’t understand Then you don’t know the bite Then you know the might We’re dancing on the tongue LookingContinue reading “Teeth of Cascadia”

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Poikillmethermal

White walking down The slate mountain Snowing Icicles All the hallmarks Of a sun-drenched Alpine cascade Of snow meadows And blue trees Every leaf a message Every snowflake a Way to think about How to stay At the peak For weeks and freeze With the solemn Stoic gaze of the Gorgon mountain Waiting for whenContinue reading “Poikillmethermal”

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Shouldn’t Be

Shouldn’t be Probability Impossible A glitch in the stream A crack in the slab Of a tablet Held by an oracle Who reads it A black Character marrrrr- Mee-ta Maaa-ar-ar-ar-k This shouldn’t Be happening This shouldn’t exist You shouldn’t be Reading this Couldn’t even Undeeeeeeeeee And Why this shouldn’t be Even though it’s what I’mContinue reading “Shouldn’t Be”

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Neverash

It never happened But it could have What would it have been like? Maybe like every other One Ending in fire and fury Or a quiet pulverization Or neverending Never ashing Not worth a Second thought? Maybe Never started so Suspended in stasis A fire that froze Like a slow-motion Fuze Lighting off Space dustContinue reading “Neverash”

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Lungs

Maybe this is the last one Collapsed, inflamed, Choked, drowned So many times my Vents have been Mixed with malady Courted by infection Keep breathing, I’m told Deep breaths, they say In… and out through the nose Not as easy when you’re Not getting enough air When they’re sunk Or punctured How many times haveContinue reading “Lungs”

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Aggression

I am immortal Not because I can’t suffer Death But because I am not Fearful Of the beyondest pale Of My road to Hell For when I do finally Die I intend to break the Body Of the reaper himself I am immortal Not because I cannot Be slain But because I am A mudererContinue reading “Aggression”

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Dance of the Doom Dirge

It’s a scary shadow Walking determinedly Down a dark hallway With dim backlights His terrifying mind Gears are visibly Twisting, thinking Gears are churning Through the black Slag of his intent In his skull This horrifyingly Capable man Black clad Every heavy step On the ground Makes it kneel As he passes Stone hot driveContinue reading “Dance of the Doom Dirge”

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