Tag Archives: disease
Into this Autumnal Equinox
This rain may mute the full moon tonight, may turn my thoughts to wet brain, incurable delusion, doubt, immobility. I cannot blame those clouds or any weather pattern for this disease of selfish, vicious obsession. It fights back by sitting … Continue reading
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Do You Know
Perfect storm of sadness perfect sky perfect color apple perfect collapse perfect moon perfect agony perfect love perfect slow suicide perfect rescue perfect disease perfect song perfect hell perfect emotion—who’s to say when it’s been reached.
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No Ginger
“I stand on my head on Desolation Peak And see that the world is hanging Into an ocean of endless space.” —Jack Kerouac, from the 1st Chorus of “Desolation Blues” (Book of Blues) Prone to motion sickness, I’ve looked for … Continue reading
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Aphasic (Day 2,773)
Numb’s the word. Just past summer solstice, no rain, muck blows off as a dusty burst of thoughts you may have—but they will remain trapped in a cephalic void. The conversation is over. I’m not ready. My jaw aches from clenching … Continue reading
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Non-Refundable
She wants to scream into another night she won’t enter— let there be no more day ones, let this fear dissolve with chalk on a sidewalk in the rain to keep this disease quiet straight on till morning. So many conditions … Continue reading
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Sycamore (Day 1,353)
In the throes of my intention disorder, I forget your name, how to reach the top of you, how to let go of those limbs you wave over me. In these fits, the stories I tell are not mine except … Continue reading
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