Match-Struck

Woke up this morning Saw the rising sun Set over foothills and build An empire inland It set an island Of drought On fire and slashed The trees down It scarred the sand Black and painted Lines on Sunshot roads Driving down Palm Ave And doing burnouts on Boulder Savage sprints on the 10 AndContinue reading “Match-Struck”

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Fireball

Wandering on freeways 80 miles every 60 minutes And every 30 seconds I laugh with the force Of knowing a month ago I was 120 miles away from here With other people like I was in a movie Just a cinema of nitrocellulose Powering internal combustion Now Drinking green tea where It isn’t meant toContinue reading “Fireball”

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Guns of August

Skies on fire A red sun looms And burns through A haze of guns Filling the air With smoke and Brassy incense Into August Haze of fire Miles away Coats the clouds Infinite smoke Regret is in the Burned bridges Can’t bring it back Or unash the remains Haze of sparksoot Lingers after the gunsContinue reading “Guns of August”

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Light Me On Fire

Light me on fire See what might transpire As the paper’s edge blackens And the ink stains ash Light me on fire And use my remains As a grey powdery pigment In your paint Light me on fire And watch the orange beetles Run with the heat Around the gashes Light me on fire IContinue reading “Light Me On Fire”

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