Fucking Summers and Stumbles

i lost you

in storm and thunder
so loud that it hurt my ears
i lost you

in the slurs of proper spanish
that echoed around my head
with images of mosques and color
i lost you

when i left i was happy
full and complete
with the scent of your saliva
on my tongue
but when i returned
broken in half by
words and slurs and unhappy
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 Their Wedding

across the aisle
I see a hidden smile
the hint of teeth
behind pink lips,
and I have to fight to
push mine away

they speak in cliches
offensive circles
and I almost forget
that I wasn't supposed
to want this

and in the background
I hear your voice

lights dimmed, food served
we dance around
well-made-up blobs
and my feet move
without my consent

Resurrections

red and yellow collect in gutters
waiting, in hope
of being resurrected.

we fall with them, lost to the turn
October has given way
and the change was too sudden
to record

we've already forgotten the crunch
beneath our feet, the smell of
wet earth-those last dregs of summer.

what's left is the borderline
empty trees and teasing chills
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the sky redirects
us daydream dreamers
and we fall from clouds
unto the earth

up there- the view was nicer

if only you'd try
you could see the way
the smatterings of rain against
the windshield
catch the light and make it glow
the world fragments there
and falls apart.
we could sweep it away
you and i
if only you'd try

so the poetry bonanza was apparently a failed idea. i didn't even make it the full two weeks. i was forcing it too much. however, i do have a few more poems i've been playing with that i will put up over the next week or so.

Kool-Aid

there is red ink on my fingers,
and we both know that red stains
the back seats of cars with kool-aid,
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Warrenton RosesThe warrenton roses have been transplanted ( Read more... )

breeze runs through hair, two
lips curve upwards in a smile
mornings tend to glow

skin against skin

in the spaces of
sheets. sleeping with
sleep. the cool of a cheek.

take the pen from my hand
and turn off the lights

before you go
i won't want to look anymoreat this empty page