Dissident

She nursed him there, ooh, over a night I wasn’t so sure she wanted him to stay What to say…what to say But soon she was down, soon he was low At a quarter past…a holy no… She had to turn around When she couldn’t hold, oh…she folded… A dissident is here Escape is never […]


Jeremy

at homedrawing picturesof mountain topswith him on toplemon yellow sunarms raised in a Vdead lay in pools of maroon belowdaddy didn’t give attentionto the fact that mommy didn’t careking jeremy the wickedruled his worldjeremy spoke in class todayjeremy spoke in class todayclearly i rememberpickin’ on the boyseemed a harmless little fuckbut we unleashed a liongnashed […]


Daughter

Alone…listless…breakfast table in an otherwise empty room Young girl…violins…center of her own attention The, mother reads aloud, child, tries to understand it Tries to make her proud The shades go down, it’s in her head Painted room…can’t deny there’s something wrong… Don’t call me daughter, not fit to The picture kept will remind me Don’t […]


Rats

They don’t eat, don’t sleep They don’t feed, they don’t seethe Bare their gums when they moan and squeak Lick the dirt off a larger one’s feet They don’t push, don’t crowd Congregate until they’re much too loud Fuck to procreate till they are dead Drink the blood of their so called best friend They […]


Habit

See it happen to a couple of friendsSee it happen and the message it sendsTake it up for what’s an obvious faultJust to see what all the fuss is about And it’s not your way… not your wayAnd it’s not your way… not your way Another habit says it’s in love with youAnother habit says […]


Garden

the direction of the eyeso misleadingthe defection of the soulnausously quicki don’t questionour existencei just questionour modern needsi will walk…with my hands boundi will walk…with my face bloodi will walk…with my shadow flaginto your gardengarden of stoneafter all is donewe’re still alonei won’t be takenyet i’ll go…i will walk…with my hands boundi will walk…with my […]


In My Tree

Up here in my treeNewspapers matter not to meNo more crowbars to my headI’m trading stories with the leaves instead Wave to all my friendsThey don’t seem to notice meAll their eyes trained on the streetSidewalks, cigarettes and scenes Up here so high I start to shakeUp here so high the sky I scrapeI’m so […]