Did you feel the noise Did you watch with poise All the girls and boys walking down The lake paths lit by light on spikes Being stabbed by pikes Making waves in the lengths of the lake’s still water There’s so much to see that we wish we were taller But we can drive downContinue reading “Nighttime Hours”
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Power Outage on Meridian
A shopping block fell dark And quiet on A saturday night I was restless and decided To brave the blackness, So struck by its danger When the lights are out The hardy and edged Appear to rout Back the honest With paranoia and fear Of the dark Go home, they said, It’s closing time ForContinue reading “Power Outage on Meridian”
Here For
Yuletide Cyanide
Torpor, Headaches, Beadaches, Stress, and Snow Here I lie Paralyzed And consumed By you Being bruised And bled Like I’ve wandered Into your web Skin soft like flakes That fall outside How it gives to the touch And how it melts with me Wrapped up as I’m In your cocoon Bandaging me in slik SpunContinue reading “Yuletide Cyanide”
Empire of Stars
Every which way All cardinal sins And directions Lit to horizon With networks Grids, webs Of light points All actioning Some static Some twinkle And some move As red or white They’re all miles away And void Where the mountains Become steep Hazy as nebulae And as they become Further away They grow smaller
Hijabi Seatllellites
Seasoning
We say night is so Sweet Yet where else do we Miss Being able to see Autumn and winter More? I will always trade in City lights For a single tree Colored with fire Better than the black Nighttime delivers I love more the Ash laid to gutters Dead leaves More wonderful Than these ClockworkContinue reading “Seasoning”
Glasses For Masks
I’m a ghoul And a jewel I die every night And revive every day I’m a ghost I boast Of fine Line-treading When you See me in the sun Is what’s run From lobotomies At dusk High energy So relaxed Becomes tensed So a mask forms And outfits made To scorch seedy Dark chills WhenContinue reading “Glasses For Masks”
California Cloud
Cutis Anserina
Existential starlight As the night Bows in twilight Soot of a black air Is slowly swept away Through the Snoqualmie Pass Over Teneriffe’s teeth And North Bend valley peaks Embers of Sol Burn Ellensberg’s soul As the visible spectrum Scorches the grass Into Yakima Valley This twisting path And the sun rises Wiping the coldContinue reading “Cutis Anserina”
