Month: December 2021

Dionysian

~ theweesmirk ~ 2 Comments

The attic hatch slides open
  & all the doors are slamming
                                         
               the wind s|h|o|v|es past
                all lights flicker out

            glowing eyes
              silhouettes
                & stunted children follow —->

      Hypochondria
        Atychiphobia
          Agoraphobia
             follow

          I am breathing with my eyes wide
                                                        shut
                   a lesson in tenacious temerity
             always waiting for the storm
              to arrive knowing I’ve survived
                                  worse

        I accept that I need you &
        I’ve determined this can’t deteriorate
        / shift like sand in an hourglass
        I accept risk where it’s worth taking
                   for you I’ll go in blind
       just to see what’s on the other side

a match made |

–LM                          
 
              

a stubborn vision

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I’m watching a livestream
   of the Earth from space
   hoping for a little tranquility
   everything is so blue, it’s almost
   unforgivable almost unforgettable
   I start to wonder if God has a favorite
   color/

we are:
     & our issues
           so fucking small
           but I can’t stress
      how important
   you are

–LM

white moose

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the ghost in the clearing
   I’m still rubbing my eyes
    I’m still holding my breath
         this is one instance I will never forget

Halfcock the muzzle &
      adorn the kid gloves
          raise my sights
              all-snow devouring sound

    & I’m still grinning
            like a shot fox

–LM

lead balloon

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possession is 9/10ths of the law
       so humanity has written

   televangelists flaunting god
            for pro/fit/

             really gets to me
                  how  
                         vapid &
                         empty
                    their cult
             personality can be

      I think you’ve already read this part
          
     impossible to possess the intangible
             you can only admire the sheen

            I’m holding a lead balloon
    knowing it’s gold
                knowing it’s never going to float
        this song on repeat
                    I can’t stop singing

                   hold this for me
                  
               
     
–LM

it’s because you are

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a crystal skeleton
      heart pounding within
      blue veins and freckled flesh
                     bleeding red like the rest
     

      [it’s because you are]
  》》       words & lyrics & quotes
                   from philosophers & gladiators
                         all men all people all minds

            all experience all life all time
                couldn’t pin you to one moment
                     you’re too extreme for a
                                 definition it’s clear
                                         your repetition
      
                                                       &
                                             Hero’s audition
                       You won the role and it’s only
                                           because you are

–LM
                                                   
              
                                          

shots fired.

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the sounds of metal clanging
 teeth forever gnashing
                  a [bear trap] with wings
              ajar like a broken down
                                         door

    roaming through suspicious cathedrals
                          in the twilight of ignorance
           wishing nonstop I’d brought along
                         a bulletproof vest

–LM
      
     

sprinkles with that?

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this world is a mosaic
      a conspiracy ice cream parlor
   so many different flavors
    colors     &     layers
          studious official promises
under mal-intended incentives
              obscured in plain sight
  maybe you won’t see the full picture until
                                                    you’re gone
    
                                                   I promise too
                                                  that that’s fine

      
                               in the meantime
                                   let me show you

 
–LM

Introvert’s Holiday

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Lately I’ve been feeling
  like the Grinch who stole
                    this consumerist
                                   Christmas
        keeping silent
          where words are effortless
      don’t take it as a sign to say
            I’m careless

              [It’s nothing of the sort
                      I just
                      care
                      too much]

–LM