Underbelly

Hushed tones interrupted by laughter like car alarms; Our conversations are whale songs.

I was a boy soldier with too much on my plate Too big to ignore, too permanent to erase So I sheltered in place, my case A string of numbers counting to infinity, Visits from strangers who held keys to ivory gates Or the life of street urchins, pull me as…

Split ends, burnt offering by the space heater, Leisure defined in mixing colors of synesthesia.

Leave, go find a better place to scheme, Green, the color of the face when it dreams, Theme: isolation to the absolute extreme, Believe in a life left unseen, uninterrupted, No more counting scores, mending fences, Dark soul reflecting in kaleidoscopic le…

Is this worst case or just a mistake?

Death just a short end to a long ride Pray for your time The whole horoscope Every proverb, every inch of film Scrawling time across time Until it broke Every toke, every tune Could be the final line Every smoke holding runes Lost under pours of natural w…

Eat, sleep, sleep, sleep One winter day, pilfering peace Off snowcapped trees Water dripping onto me Onto these Onto these Tomorrow called about the leak I gotta remember to call to speak With my mourning self Grief unreachable, pH strip to measure What I…

I don't suppose a rose grown for when I was leaving home But I plucked a few on the way back in from the cold I got a soulless mould, soil spill on the back of folds Complete with an inaction I can't afford to hold Heart fit to roam It pumps it pumps it p…

This was a little bit more than I bargained for Came out for the trip, staying became my calling card You said true North and I trusted, Love lost in woods, trek dendritic I threatened collapse, you said Just over there, one more hill One more mile, one m…

Pyrrhic lyrics Beat to beat, pre-owned drum Paean or freedom What it cost, an arm, bound legs Slamming doors Tragedy taught lessons That grief returned to sender Blocked calls Bleating March, whole way to slaughter Gap in my teeth And I put it there