Cullfield

You can’t wear it Like a coat And not expect some Holes to form And stains to stay Nor mud to cake As you fall unto Unbeaten paths You can’t expect To not stumble Through the fields Of the apex predator Without damage incurred You can’t wash it Without losing memory It’s clear but onlyContinue reading “Cullfield”

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Fireballing the Goldfish

He wasn’t doing Very well In his tiny little fish bowl Living longer than we All expected Sinking towards the bottom Yet putting up a fight And eating his Fish flake food What a boring life What a tragic strife To never have challenge And to die a captive Wonder wonder wonder How a fishContinue reading “Fireballing the Goldfish”

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Ellensberg

Ellensberg Laying on the bed In the master bedroom While you’re sitting on the chair Beside And I subtly reach out my hand To see if you’ll notice it And spark an idea for you To grab it and hold I stretch and stretch Trying to get comfy But you know, in the moment ItContinue reading “Ellensberg”

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Comeback

Comeback Try again. Threaten me. You think you’ve got More guts than me? How many teeth do you Think you need? I could check if what Insults you’ve prepared Are backed by your Weak spine. I’ve seen your kind Before And I’ve got more Bite than all of you. Step back, Stand down, Or backContinue reading “Comeback”

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Switchblade

Switchblade Fog evaporates With the stinging heat Of ultraviolence. Droplets of amber And sap bleed to Creep like centipedes Down the branches And trunks Of rubber tree forests. So the fog is gone As the sun stabs Dawn into the woods. Oxygen is sunk in From the outside Like golden gore. Gas from monolithic treesContinue reading “Switchblade”

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Eigenlicht Kusanagi

Eigenlicht Kusanagi I couldn’t clutch A bone of jagged dread More tightly In my clenched fist To my clenched chest In my right hand A bag of whispers Yelled to me “Push forward.” “Saw through.” “Say something.” “Look away.” And in the left A dreadful jag Of bone as bled By yesterday Whispering “It’s okay.”Continue reading “Eigenlicht Kusanagi”

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Nest

Nest Hawk-like gaze Conveys unphased A calculated expedition An adventure equipped for Carefully Where we took pictures And pulled red yarn Around nails and targets There came one now Staking out the scene On a condo in some second floor Bare-carpeted with exposed beams Here in the nest you’ve seen Everyone on the sidewalk belowContinue reading “Nest”

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