Autobiography

Elegy for a failure

She was a knife Brought to a glow On her mother's stovetop Quick to the quick When cutting was done Through my churned soul

margins

margins i am becoming like a series of pencil strokes; an addendum. squeezed in without thought whilst waiting for the kettle to boil. just a name, left to curl and fray

the big issue 1

charity begins at home.

war dispatch - leggings

It was a breach!
Poem of the week

what I’m not

I’m not the superficial conversations about the rain

Grease on the Pavement

Grease on the pavement, scaffolds pass-by Dust in the eyes from their rusting hulks Past Slutty Cat’s mansion and on to the road Running down streets where traffic is slowed

July 29, 2013

woke up at 6. Tired. Worked yesterday. Had a few drinks over the weekend. Drinking makes my body tired but it helps relieve the stress.

Pup

When you can't understand that we don't know what to do and your throat is raw from fumbling at the vowels - we just hold you. Keep you safe in our warm, amniotic bubble.

July 25th, 2013

I'm really fucking pissed off today. It was one of the managers at my brother's salon that pissed me off. You ask her a question and she's always dancing around.

Figure it out

I cannot carry you, I cannot make you free I cannot break the chains that bind you to the tracks I cannot keep you safe, I cannot hold you back