When the sun is a glimmer of pink Stabbed by black shadows of treetops I breathe the memory of your breath in the darkness, The ether that held you moments before, And all future’s plans That weigh on undercurrents Of...
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Lilting melodies Ghost through sunlightIn the tattered theme parkCircling the lovers Like a haunted merry go roundOf Valentine’s memoriesMotes of springWhirl around their humid fleshAs the park’s lullaby lathersInto the blur of the worldAnd shadows deepenHe kisses fantasiesOn her open lips,His steady...
Jenna felt clumsy and awkward, as if she were in her great aunt Myrtle’s china room as a bumbling eight year old. Everything around her glittered. Her gawkiness hadn’t gotten much better with age. She was on her best behavior,...
Hissing waves of sea foam fatigue Slip through my coiled spine, shattering the bones into anemic flesh I flail through the violent surface, spitting lungfuls of torture, my blind eyes open wide as slumber’s suffocation scrapes for my flesh Twisting...
When I held my mother’s corpse in my arms, I knew I was next. I hadn’t felt much emotion since. I didn’t need to. Just had to work. There was nothing, no point to my life but that. As I...
In this most quiet of midnights A clock ticks, Pulling apart webs of dreams Each beat Penetrates my mind, Spreading awareness to my weary conscience My eyes open, Yesterday’s filth Like sweat on my cold skin Staining my spirit and...
A clatter smashed the quiet. Samantha exchanged a glance with her best friend and followed her to the kitchen. “Five!” Imani’s husband yelled. With his sneakers propped on the counter behind him, his rolling pin flattened the dough on the...