Hour Eleven: Neither neither nor nor

Where is there left to go when you’re neither neither nor nor? When you’re not allowed a name only a label? When you’re defined by what you (don’t) have instead of who you are? When confronted by the fact of your existence they’d rather you…

Hour Ten: Critical decision

A found/blackout poem of sorts—I went through a book about film posters and underlined certain phrases, then added my own bit at the end. Critical decision It is often said that this is the former summarizing the latter In the former situation, I tend to…

Lady Justice Kneels and Weeps

Leviathan gave birth to iron bars and execution Locke’s order morphing to beast Cruel and unusual the order of the day Gavel cracks on the back of poverty Survival becomes violences screaming isolation, violating dignity demanding obedience Our Lady crawls along pipeline choking on legality…

Lovers

I’m closing my eyes Stepping into ur space Coming closer to ur face I feel u watch me U moisten ur bottom lip And bend ur neck Grabin my hip Meet me half way Shuttin ur eyes They meet and press Push and kiss U…

Where have I been

So you want to know where I’ve been ? I been chasin. I been gamin. I been playin. I been waitin. I been here I been there I been absolutely nowhere… I been hi and lo lookin for someone. Been to hell and back Been…

Death and I Have Been Scandalously Intimate For Some Time Now

Slightest flirtation was sordid beginning Pubescent tears welled into self-infliction In order to appease the voice of my affliction Then Death courted me into bed Disguised as solace, relief Like all lovers past, He is a lying bastard Telling secrets, revealing bits I prefer to…

Hour Seven

There’s an elephant in the room It stands on my lips Wraps its thick gray trunk Around my throat Constricting breath Restricting honesty Prodding me to go on With charades and games What this circus needs Is a ringmaster without a whip One with purring…

Hour Eight: My stupid obsessions

I hate all the thoughts that keep me awake because my mind refuses to relax taking my body along for the ride long after I have closed my eyes Because my mind refuses to relax I toss and turn and worry and fret and strain…