The I and the i and the Home,swept to froth in that deep-deep-dish.‘n there ain’t a way I’m lettin’ you take this. but they’re right, they’re right again,ain’t worth the effort in the rage. But god, god the sublime in that rage,don’t it, don’t it just have some *purpose*the way it licks the edges of …
Post Type Archives: Poems
Sticky Note Poetry (2014)
this is not a poem,this is a reminder to buy groceries,you have no groceries,buy some damned food.criminy.
Stephen’s Steps to Not Be (Terrible) [#1] (2014)
‘Cause the truth is,I’m dead tired of explainin’ that it’s okay,it’s okay that you don’t want to go on a date with me,it’s okay you don’t want to do anything with me.it’s okay. So here’s Stephen’s Steps to Not Be (Terrible):(Rejection edition)1. Listen to all they have to say, consider things from their point of …
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Steel-Firm (2013)
You’ve got this steel-firm eye-contactflickin’ across the room to me.Bar-room fade ‘n bass, bass-bass guitar. spotlight dancin’ in the swirlin’ smoke blues wailin’ microphone ‘n the soft-focus jiggle of the lead singer’s braided pony tail, he’s oozing sex.steel-firm.You’ve got that predator eye,like you’re used to the takin’ of things,the leadin’ the lamb to laughter ‘n …
Stayed Home on the 4th of July (2014)
I’m gonna be tired in the morning.I don’t care; I don’t care.The fucking fireworks poppin’ like goddamned clockwork,regular:spring-fed:grindin’:gratin’finished Gone Home, ‘n listened to some Modest Mouse,makes me think of highschool. Summer here’s only got hints of Arkansas,but i still get lost in ’em.Drivin’ home, cross from Iowa to Illinois,crossin’ the floodin’ Mississippi.Hints of Arkansas, that …
spring in the old downtown (2015)
The back dogwood’s in bloom again.damn thing keeps hittin’ me in the head,but those buds sure make it beautiful. network of this building don’t make sense, lookin’ at, at least eight different routers, miles of cable, antique printers run daily. get lost for days in there– love to. hands to cable bark …
Special Instructions: (2015)
I have ordered a pizza specifically because it is a substitute for chicken noodle soup. if this is your last house,I would not be opposed to giving you the pizza,if you stopped and got me some soup. If you are lonely,you can eat it here,if you’re not creepy about it. I’m lonely too, sometimes. …
Sometimes I think God chants silently at night in the hopes that we are real. (2014)
In these past few days I’ve had more people in my bed. They’re sleeping. You’re happy, you’re happy with this. You’ve got those old home creaks in your deep breath sleep, that pilot light click and old pipe rattle, that old floor-board stretch and sigh and… That Mississippi flow, that arterial… Hold that timber in …
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Sometimes I Take the Train Into the City, and Wonder if I’d Feel Better There (2013)
Yeah, I live near San Fran,A couple hours out,But we get the same news channels,And that has to count for something.
Sometimes I dream I’m a coal miner. (2013)
One time,SWEAR TO GOD ABOVE,heard my dynamite cry before it went. Weren’t a pleasant sound,shook me to the foundation,rippin’ the granite from my soul,burstin’ with somethin’ I ain’t heard since. And when it went,it went like a thunderclap,rippin’ through my brain. Struck me then,maybe ‘splosion’s just a release.Deep to think about I know,but somethin’ poetic …
