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Notion of a Mind Field

The little boy tries to point to purpose and drop a pin on understanding life like catching raindrops in a bowl with holes, a cracked...

Albeit Fewer Jokes, Now

Blazed thru the door with the old west duster, They said what's the password? Tried to lock me out my home. Pushed my prints to the...

What's Good?

Twice removed Ran behind the moving car tried to race the train. Once improved from a moving target downgraded my pain. Watching...

Stalwart Heart of Stone

So who would like a tour next? Walking through this new vortex Where fake friends have more sex and careers die from one porn-text....

The Boy In The Garden

Scared to make a mistake the little boy sits in the garden. He slips socks off wrinkly little feet and rests the foot sleeves over an...

The Petrified Forest

The petrified forest its wails its tales thanks, my God I set sails. My only feats were fears None I could prevent, Emotion dents were...

Mind Thoughtless

Sometimes I feel like the worst thing i could do is sit down and not write. Let life imitate art instead of art imitate life, let light...

Water Falling

Water falling sounds like-- children giggling, people whispering, babbling, trickling. Spreading thirsty rumors throughout the mill,...

A Rainbow Above A Gravestone

Beyond a gravel lot Up on a grassy spot I perceived a gravestone In a cemetery below a rainbow. Short of arc, bereft of rain so...

The Middle Ground of Lore

We discovered brutality in the beautiful and banality in the sun however scant we disregard the origins of fun. And might I note a...

Once I Was Lost

Once I was lost and now I am blind the parking spot was yours and now it is mine I've given so many fucks in this here life's time too...

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