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Bukowski wrote at the best time People actually bought poetry books before he died I went to the...

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 17:12:27 -0400

Bukowski wrote at the best time
People actually bought poetry books
before he died
I went to the bookstore yesterday
Yes it still exists
and there was only one shelf of personal rhymes
and poems written for an audience
Most everything else had pictures
Not even one person seemed bothered
by the large presence of magazines
Sometimes those things are fun
but only if you don’t like reading much

The ocean swirls They gather So perfectly Like little ruffles Of the sea

Mon, 27 May 2013 20:14:00 -0400

The ocean swirls
They gather
So perfectly
Like little ruffles
Of the sea

Inspired by Bukowski

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:31:08 -0400

Things are harder for the living
Than Bukowski
He died with a name already
While we have to battle hurricanes
And glaciers melting
Too many feel entitled
Because of history and cellular devices
I don’t even know
Where this poem is going
Just like the government
Does not want to spend any money
On outer space
Trees are actually the smartest
They have feelings but don’t cause trouble
Why only birds care for them
Is beyond me still
All I know is right now
Things are harder for the living
Than they are for Bukowski.

More like the Maybe I feel more like the maybe I will than the yes, I will I was in more of a...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:21:56 -0400

More like the Maybe
I feel more like
the maybe
I will
than the yes,
I will
I was in more of a hurry
to get dressed
this morning
than I have ever been
to find meanings

Can’t tell if this
feature of myself
is genius
or laziness speaking
via actions
Maybe,
both.

HOME I hated living barely alone So alone even with someone So I moved back home Right now I feel...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:28:00 -0400

HOME
I hated living barely alone
So alone even with someone
So I moved back home
Right now I feel dumb
Like a break of progression
was intentional to myself, for me
because of being too needy

So now I live at this home
So loud here with a 180 pound dog
and my mom
Parents are not quiet
Nor should they be, all the time

Can’t decide what to do
with my life
That goes for anywhere
Knifing away in the present to slow down
The future

Feeling so unstable
So many big answers unknown
So I had this crazy thought
I’ll just move back home
Touch roots
and feel somehow grounded
By too many revelations
They come from the past

That is known and I’m over it

Present themselves as shadows
in my childhood room
Who says you can’t be reborn
Twice in the same life?
Just move back home
Then leave.
You’ll see.

Those becoming moments in life You’re becoming one of mine

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:40:00 -0400

Those becoming moments in life
You’re becoming one of mine

My heart is split Nope My mind is fucked My heart whole Memories and things if they even...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:03:21 -0400

My heart is split
Nope
My mind is fucked
My heart whole
Memories and things
if they even happened
Subliminal messages
or just old news again
In my head
My vision split
Two eyes too many
Maybe just ripped
Tiny little bits
they’re never changing
Nope
A someday healer
If by getting better
you mean still living
Sure.

Dark blue afternoon Window drapes I can see you Lost escapes Outside of my window So original,...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:14:06 -0400

Dark blue afternoon
Window drapes
I can see you
Lost escapes
Outside of my window
So original, no
but you are
Forever
An angel
of my imagination
You dance all the time
Floating above everyone
If only,
you could be held
I’d be happy.

Perfect.

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:41:00 -0400

Perfect.

Spring is Springing

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:25:21 -0400

I just spit on my deck
It is only mucus
and it doesn’t hurt anyone
Fears linger because
I let that happen
Cares are different
I don’t have them
Spring is springing
as if it never has before
To the deck floor boards
I feel grounded
Like this is the time
I change
One day of this weather
and my soul comes dragging back to me
It resembles a reluctant old lover
that wants more
Come soul,
and feel the hot temperatures
Feel the sun like no one else is
even if they are
Spit on the deck
but only if you have to
and soul,
find me then keep passing
Let’s beat the warm weather
and find a new direction

Champagne in the living room means you can watch hillbillies on tv, sports, or brain surgery while...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 02:31:01 -0400

Champagne
in the living room
means you can watch hillbillies on tv,
sports, or brain surgery
while imbibing
is still in style.

Fate

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 03:35:00 -0400

Like nails down my carpet
At first I felt nothing
Until you were on top of me
Then, I felt fate

I see dancing men in my head Think they’re my uncertainties Certainly, they are witnesses No...

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:39:12 -0500

I see dancing men in my head
Think they’re my uncertainties
Certainly,
they are witnesses
No more than me
or my friends.

This town is dotted with memories Smells so disgustingly familiar They enter me all at once Now I...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:24:53 -0500

This town is dotted with memories
Smells so disgustingly familiar
They enter me all at once
Now I don’t know what to do

Photo

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:53:09 -0500

I don’t just want to be a -mother of the night- Her guardian Me, I lie unsleeping The...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:19:00 -0500

I don’t just want to
be a -mother of the night-
Her guardian
Me, I lie unsleeping
The stars
are so bright
Sometimes, they keep me
from dreaming
I have to stay awake
and watch
the night with my life
It lights
as round as moons
and the craters
I live there
until the morning breaks

It was inspired by something I heard, or saw I think on T.V. What to do these days? Jokes on...

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:31:55 -0500

It was inspired by something
I heard, or saw
I think on T.V.
What to do these days?
Jokes on me
because I can’t remember
the last time I did it right
without thinking
In my childhood room
feel like I’m on
a demented vacation
It is snowing here
and my thoughts as a cliche,
they are in battle
with themselves
I hate the winter
and I’m not so sure
if I like
you either.

I want to let it Eat me Then, I want to eat you. Do not be afraid For I, am just your lover.

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:05:13 -0500

I want to let it
Eat me
Then,
I want to
eat you.
Do not
be afraid
For I,
am just
your lover.

Faces at the record store I am one of them The computer told me They don’t make records...

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:09:31 -0500

Faces at the record store
I am one of them
The computer told me
They don’t make records anymore
but it was wrong.

I thought I saw a ghost but it was just a lonely shadow.

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:39:03 -0500

I thought
I saw a ghost
but it was just
a lonely shadow.