169/2023
Despite all the money flooding in, he Felt like a beggar. Even being PM had Given him a poor return on the lies he’d Invested in his future, when he’d… Continue Reading
Browsing Tag: poem
168/2023
The only vocabulary which is limited is the one imposed on us by convention. Writers have endless words at their disposal. It is our task, after all, to tell the… Continue Reading
167/2023
Imagine a man who always tells untruths knowingly And calls them the absolute truth, a man who swears On the book of all faiths and any faith that he tells… Continue Reading
166/2023
Were I to exhibit all the things I treasure, The museum of my life would be bigger Than any house I have ever inhabited. The sound of clacking typewriters On… Continue Reading
165/2023
The men stand in a line, waiting, No glass between them and her, Arrayed in order of size and girth For her to judge and weigh and Choose in this… Continue Reading
164/2023
When we first kissed, I thought I saw A sliver of my soul escape into your Mouth at the first sip of you I took. The next day, I slept… Continue Reading
163/2023
The honeymoon, a temporary bliss Away from the world we wished was A forever nirvana. It doesn’t work Like that. The real world has a way of Slithering through nonexistent… Continue Reading
162/2023
My shoulders take the entire weight Of my healing rest as I sprawl on The bed to ease the stiffness in the Crook of my back, electric current Manipulating the… Continue Reading
161/2023
I feel left undone and unfinished. The day has wearied itself and me. My mother used to recite: “If ifs and ands Were pots and pans, There’d be no work… Continue Reading
160/2023
the stopped moment between here and the other mute rattle and gasp matter to matter race final thoughts a darkness the anomaly of separation without motion it was all just… Continue Reading