this month's list here is mostly for my own reference.
1. soundscape [link]
2. metaphor
3. fulfillment
4. necessary
5. oblong [link]
6. ceremonial
7. frustration [link]
8. future
9. elementary
10. dynamics
11. worn
12. substance [link]


for naughtcalled it something obvious you, aphrodisiac whether you like it or not it's shot from lack of use; call me, the overbearing woman to fix you once per month. we liked it in a way that i can't recall.for naught
i preferred the store; you, the farmer's market kind of guy, rode your bike i took the bus we arrived at the same time - derived our theories on the
better way to roll spoke of the only way to fly on the bridge where we used to meet halfway.
wouldn't give a second thought to sorry fights about how we were who woul


when the boy comesit's good to walk the line between kill or be killed, real and make believe; intentions known still, crafted the illusion of innocence.when the boy comes
and it's good that my breasts still heave at sloppy second sex for free, i am sloppy seconds, yes you know the rest - it's comforting.
there's power in my hands but no will to refuse the offer just the urge to deny the connection between me, the boy and the other just a pill to make it last longer instilled no comments, lied by omission made it so and steadily  


picture thisreminded of the stench of death i move closer, i glaze over i gaze, hoping for an answer and frame my supposed fortune gloss over loss.picture this
a well-to-do trots into the porno shop abated and ashamed appetite yet to be sated remaining unblessed by the gift of restraint.
somebody was sick to their stomach on this corner of the sidewalk after one too many.
a taxi driver takes rules of the road with a grain of salt.
this man smells of fermented bread he calls it penicillin but it's not there yet. a woman mumbles under


three feettwo braids, three feet, four fingersthree feet
my shoes, your red light. fight always, no flight no walking - routine well-known to me,
must warn others who won't listen must listen when efforts idle, waste gas. (no use) chase proof lies told -
necessary battle is out
the window
necessity yes is the mother of invention easier to invent replacement expense easier, this is, to say than solve.
must warn others no one's safe nothing's sacred everything's ridden with filth


Villanelle for Cat and StormA thunderous crack sends the cat to hide; By lightning's flash his teeth are bared; His prickly fur is electrified!Villanelle for Cat and Storm
Ambivalent cat, he just can't decide; He's stayed outside as long as he dared; A thunderous crack sends the cat to hide.
If you called him Fraidy, he'd say you lied; He's poufed his tail and his eyes are glared. His prickly fur is electrified.
Pretending calm, he lingers beside His master's feet; no he's not scared! A thunderous crack sends the cat to hide.
He'll face the storm with feline pride, Ignoring her arms, no he's n


Not a home commodity.I am useless and awkwardNot a home commodity.
to the coordinates
of your hand.
Remember once in October,
I was hugged like an enveloped letter.
[we gently spilled ourselves through the sleeping ocean,
I was the broken ore, the broken mast]


mother malicemother malicemother malice
i.
she called it "luck", the way they always surfaced at just the right time.
i called it "cheating": cutting the deck with half-furtive eyes, she stole the game.
(you can't win at everything, I suppose)
ii.
Outside - the air smells like church: Palm Sunday fronds and Lenten incense; the penitent sweat in patent-leather shoes, and the floor is piled deep with whispered sins.


......drag......forgot to remember......drag......
until the nighttime highway brought her back. her distant thoughts were illuminated in the dashboard light
and she pulled up plumes of gray and white
the scars on her hands, like raised memories left over right - fingers tracing the distorted map she always finds her way to
the flaming glow of tobacco extinguished in her palms and she burned...
under breath comes a lyric offhand, heard on the radio, repetition in her head. finding strength in repeating the sounds long after meaning has slipped its
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J'ai Aimé...
J'ai Souffert....
Maintenant, Je Hais.
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your mom - rated 'e' for everyone.
Life treats me well enough...how's yours?
Notes are always accepted.
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J'ai Aimé...
J'ai Souffert....
Maintenant, Je Hais.
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scratch it too much, and it will either spread or bleed...
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scratch it too much, and it will either spread or bleed...
if you didn't know.
thanks. <3
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"i dare say you haven't had much practice.
when i was your age, i always did it for half an hour a day.
why, sometimes i've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
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your mom - rated 'e' for everyone.
and for telling me so.
(i can't survive without writing, so there's really nothing to thank me for.)
<3
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"i dare say you haven't had much practice.
when i was your age, i always did it for half an hour a day.
why, sometimes i've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
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