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13 Seconds on 11th Street
Driver’s License
It’s a day And a half drive From Highland To here I know this Because my Parents Drove it Many times I was In the backseat And taken here On summer trips Then one winter We went And didn’t Look back Just my mother Father And me In the backseat From the high desert ToContinue reading “Driver’s License”
Vagabondage
Give me a shemagh And a Jacket for the rain Let me hide From the breeze A pair of leggings And (a) Two platform shoes So I can walk Through puddles and streets Red and blue Bruisy hues Green and grey Colors of cuts, too Salted wounds Scars from Vagabondage Black wrapped clothing Bandaging CityContinue reading “Vagabondage”
Shallow
Shot with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS; f/5.6; 1/60; ISO-400; 55mm
Zombies
Black boots stomp And penetrate Pavement Digging deep down And cracking Concrete Red wax leaks And darkness Drips Breaking through rifts Underneath Their feet Call them The risen soldiers Call them the undead Call them A mob of zombies Call them Running riot red
New Year’s 2017
They’re having a party in Seattle Center Fireworks shooting off the Space Needle I can only think of Those who sleep in 24 degrees Under flannel jackets while we Pop bottles in our warm homes They just want some peace And quiet To start 2017 After the confetti lands And we start calling it trash
Years and Years
Years and Years Doesn’t feel like years have passed Since I’ve seen you last Yet there you are In between streets Running in the urban dark In between backlight of Dim, orange street lamps Like you’re the dark Pupil of an haggard iris With a backpack Full of [bronze piano wire] Your hair is blondeContinue reading “Years and Years”
Aesthetica
Aesthetica It’s cold Prickly from blunted spikes Like wrapping tendrils That snake and twist around an arm It vibrates Gently making friction It’s warm in a hand And is worth many mythologies To who should hold The legendary gold Which they cannot touch Lest they gain insight So disciplined And strong The mortal coils ShuffleContinue reading “Aesthetica”
Hot Snow
Hot Snow White seeds hit windscreens Nostalgic clusters, floating free Carry cities paved with gold Letting roots catch our folds Trees above rain down these Cinematic offerings Leaving streets paved with snow Stuck to gutters, no where to go Above trees, sun does freeze Whisked away, sky a release Caught in time, they flow inContinue reading “Hot Snow”