Writing
2014
Jewel of Denial
The sun, he made a late appearance
Hungover, he rose up woozily
Beating, burning, itching badDown There
I do not want to die
But I do not care if I did
A day, two months, ten yearsUnloved
What more is yet to lose, A broken soul cannot choose, dropped without much concern, A…
Batman and the Maid
However sad for a true man
It has been said that a woman
Either loves or hates; she knows no mediumHole in the Whole
I looked deep, deep into the whole
And the bottom was there, so close
The bottom... so close... could’ve just swallowed meOf late
I’m late
the century just passed by carrying the breathable
ticketless, on the red painted curb
2013
Honey and Olives, Somber and Sober
I like to snack on olives
I like healthy treats
But, hon, do you even careSnow in the Summer
In her spring I met her
Loved her in her summer
Her leaves didn’t see fallingIncubus
Ask me not what I think of you
My dark tongue could desecrate your pupils
Time breathes, time heals, and time knifes your scruplesThanks, Giving Turkey
A special day for us all
Yet, o turkey, poor, poor turkey
You’d rather yourself recalledUnraped
Allow me the pain of a mortal
don't remove the street sign, the crosswalk to the other curb,
the mortgage or the ungrazable lawn of the pearly gatesAnd then… silence
And I died a little bit more.
Fascinating how you can keep on dying even when there’s no more life left in you.
And she was moved by nothing else but the crushing weightlessness of her wants.After a while
I used to love an animal of habit
a woman, a man, a child
myselfThe Ballad of the Man Who Was Once a King
Once upon a time
Succumbing to beauty was a man’s undoing
No longer his primeRavenous
I don’t know this man – never met Ray, yet…
He knows me; I know him
I don’t have a wife – her name is Babette