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She stands
statuesque,
straight in sobriety--
no longer a child, I'm still
learning.
statuesque,
straight in sobriety--
no longer a child, I'm still
learning.
Literature
judgement
if you could see the bulletholes,
the brittle bones,
or if you could see me on a saturday,
with a cigarette between my lips,
a handwritten note clenched
in one fist, that contains
only a single word
goodbye
would you still smile
when you saw me on your porch
sunday morning?
Literature
synecdoche
my mother's gotten fat off of my promises,
empty calories that just go straight to her
hips.
i made a meal out of truth once, set it down
for both of us to eat. she cleaned
her plate, asked for dessert-
threw it up later that night, said she forgot
how thin these walls are,
took the liberty of damning me to hell before
slamming the door.
god says to stop feeding her bullshit
from a silver spoon, tells me
you're so full of shit, your eyes are brown
every time i try to explain.
he tells me to leave so i go home
and pick my prayers from the pile under
the shredder-
get some elmer's clue and hope to hell
it works.
Literature
the only time
i say baby there’s too much weakness
we bled god to death like a dried up felt-tip pen
it is time to find another excuse for our shortcomings
but when your gutter vessels shudder
under pockmarked blotter
it is guilt
underscored in red
-
this vibration
don’t
the sellotape the tear duct
the paper knife
the whip of risk the bodies at your feet
the every inherently senseless sacrifice
couldn’t satisfy this
-
i say there’s nothing to apologize for
but sometimes
the yellow in the sky feels dated
as i walk away
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A cinquain about my mom, who is staying strong and staying sober...and making me prouder by the day. I'm grateful for her--and the things I've learned from her, necessary or not.
November 15th, 2014
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