No Good (Not Cool)

He looked at his broken toothin the mirror while hearing voicesoutside laughing,asking questions.The garbage truck’s automaticclaw pinned a young girlto the dumpsterand she screamedwhile both her legstwisted likecirrus clouds. I told her not to playover theresaid the blind grandmato the EMT that wheeledthe stretcheron the ambulancewith a worldof messed up faceswatching over her. That night […]

Stranded

I woke up to the words “get lost”written in blue across the windowin my front room, and all the carsout in the parking lot we’re burning. I helped the neighborsshovel dirt on themand carry water fromwhere the hose could not extend. The stray cats sat on the fencebetween the scene and wherethe football field connectedto […]

Entrance

I can type a note downand leave it tapedto the frame of the front doorand you’ll just walkright past it.Walk right by in yourwhite dress made fromso many duck feathersand step on the escapedhamster who is franticallylooking for a pickaxe his sizeto tunnel through the wall.The ultimate tragedy,while his red guts smear onthe brown wood […]

Only Entertainment

I’m not bored enoughfor the pile of gray rocksI’ve crumbled intoto reshape themselvesand have a look around. Still the pebbles vibrateon the wooden floorfrom all the noiseoutside from everybody’sfeed. There’s almost no roomto walk with all the amplifiersgrowing to the point of passingtowers in their heights. Or the big screens glowingover all the moonlightin a […]

Shreds

My eyes are dry like a red skyand I am trying to stay up for youand be here. Your naked hipis like a hillsidein my memoryI am standing atthe summit ofwatching stars fall. Inside all the time,the cold groundand the endless shadeaway from me. I cut up picturesand mix them inthe cereal boxesnot yet shippedfrom […]

Barstow

I get out of the wasabicolored carand step in bloodthat’s formed a puddlein the parking lot. She looks at me througha first floor windowand unbuttons a fewbuttons on her shirt.Her first question is aboutthe liquor which I hold upas she askswhile she puts ice cubesin some plastic cupsand joins me at the tableall rooms come […]

Return or Lack Thereof

The blue towel hung therelike a ghost over the white doorwhile the mirror fogged.I was stressed out shittingin a hurry while the numbers changed,on the alarm clock. My windshield was covered in rainthe whole way and based on the radiothat’s how the whole day would continue. When I got there I adjusted my ball capunder […]