boiling tea splashed a three year old
the long suffering cry
the ambulance in the drive
the recoiling flesh
& my new bed
somehow 2022
already makes perfect sense
–LM
midnight tonight
Month: December 2021
Dionysian
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
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
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
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
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.
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?
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
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
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