Tag Archives: cut up
in the end
In the end, you look at him still NoT convinced you don’t mingle the minutes shrug on dropped down down you lift ask pull name free know Don’t stop all words, including title, from page 112 of Shutter Island by Dennis … Continue reading
some mind
the world for them believe me as if a mouse scratched a dirty pencil doodle on the back table please, please stop all words, including title, from page 111 of Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. poem #99 of the First … Continue reading
simple dream
No the honest work No the genuine trying No the smooth voice no. Instead, some rich kids make a Not ever again normal life for those still here living all words, including title, from page 110 of Shutter Island by … Continue reading
gears and bolts and hinges
what scares me most not him it’s all those pieces, the whole system tapped all trapped straining listless carved up if it slips, if it cracks, – when it does – all goes haywire all words, including title, from page … Continue reading
file notes
power makes vulnerable makes scared forehead falling tilted hands smooth permanently in denial over his re sponsibility all words, including title, from page 108 of Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. poem #96 of the First 100 Days series, and poem … Continue reading
the ridiculous standard
time in your head ticking scratch-scratch Squeaky permanently damp a nail-biter the past is everywhere all words, except the title, from page 107 of Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. poem #95 of the First 100 Days series, and poem #24 … Continue reading
I Got A Cold
I got a cold stubbled wreck leading away hunched tics sizzling I got a cold a can of peas, scratching edges of a scab like a horseshoe thumbnail sketch of an actual shouting crab I got a cold delicately scratched … Continue reading
in our life
beyond gone smoky pavement pressed charcoal indistinct squall remember the tree line like a fuzzy dream wasted all words, including title, from page 104 of Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. poem #93 of the First 100 Days series, and poem … Continue reading
awning
patients began to wonder stayed silent so vision really hits full fallen switchboard steady disappeared underwater what brought you here all words, including title, from page 103 of Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. poem #92 of the First 100 Days … Continue reading
Hawaii
the island out there on the other side sucked out air of first line guide watched sheets break kept sure hand against codes he makes to wall off land with one sheet of paper sluice down it, tired, escape what … Continue reading