The girls who kiss me don’t drive those straight delusions. You are what you love. [word collage]

of prompts – and other gimmicks:   dear me, pretentious, pushing phifty; what once was over the hill, now? water under the bridge?   if i could, i would love you to death. because death will part us.   and on the burial fern-lilies would sway…

Part VIII All matter of hell broke loose; my exuberance and the intoxicating effect of being in the poppy field led to detonation… the battlefield, red in poppy grandeur, red from pools of blood from people like me who sought to feel its effects, not…

If I were to tell you that everything would be okay, you would call me a dead dog liar. If I were to explain to you that you would be married before you were 35 and cooking at a hotel for people large and small,…

i. the day is knocking on your bedroom window. pull the covers over your eyes— refuse to see it. refuse to understand the world you occupy—refuse to be it. when the time finally comes to knock the nails from your coffin and rise, wipe the…

Dense warm with moisture Skin wet from dew The coconut tree swaying The music in my head playing A storm A distance The rumble of the ground The banging of the waves The cool breeze on my back Whisper in my head The spell of…

Dear Me, Oh, dear- me. Need I say more? Yours irreverently, Me x P.S. If you want to get yourself out of this hole, you should watch others; most especially those who would write long, gushing love letters to themselves- those for whom humility is…

Dear my heart All this worldly fanfare is not for me I am all alone in this festivity I don not want to stay where I feel restless No one understands my pain Every one is obsessed with self interest There is no point sharing…

Consequences   I have held my heart Up and out of my body For the whole world to see I have tried to give it Easily, Coyly At a distance I have given it gladly Had it stolen away I seem to grow another Too…

The dark night Full of light The moon shines Too much bright Maybe he is smiling wide As I reach to all new heights My face feels a cool breeze It tells me I wont freeze Though its dark But light is with me I…