‘writer’s block of lovers’

desperate to express

how much he misses her

his pen loses all penchant

for words.

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‘long night’

i don’t want to go home.

a hangover and hell awaits.

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‘hypocrisy’

the hypocrisy you unfurl

like a banner from your tongue 

a bold statement to the world:

your windows are free of streaks;

your rooms

an absolute mess. 

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‘how do they stay together’

he talks

she listens

and listens

and listens

listens.

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‘four guys in the corner of the bar’

a motley crew

their voices rang 

uneducated, inebriated

barely tolerated;

their spouses relieved they weren’t at home. 

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‘quiescent’

a draw between lips, a capture within lungs. i fear this air may be no good for me. it tastes of what you took and what i gave and already repeats. there’s a stirring come november, a chromatic death dust around my tongue and i can count all our late-night conversations spiraling slowly, slowly in the wind. why are you not here to pull snug against my neck? there’s a bite to the sky nastier than the instance you snapped i don’t love you the same way anymore so now near feral things i curl my fingers into palms. around town the ghosts are packed in safekeeping till another season and yet i’m kept in the open like the lazy neighbor who never takes a holiday down. i’m worn from wearing masks and lighting lights so hollow hope won’t seem so dim. leaves twist around my feet like the dry tornado rips my throat. it's best i go back in, take off my coat and drink to the arms outside my window that once bore living things. 

quiescent:

 being at rest; quiet

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‘blame the signal not the service’

"there’s a disconnect,"

she says.

he scrolls their 

long trail of messages and 

finding no apparent betrayals 

realizes he has simply been

unplugged. 

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‘avoid’

i’m doing everything i can

to avoid you

which is hard

because the distance between us

is so great anyway. 

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‘her abstract is fucked up’

upon the wall

her latest creation

twisted abstract;

wire for bone—

window shades

where eyes flutter

hole in sheetrock

for the jagged heart.  

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‘conversation has lost us’

we must be disillusioned

staring out into the great void

thinking we can traverse oceans

in paper boats.

the messages we carry

to ferry us one coast to the next

will only dissolve upon contact with water

bleed one letter into next. 

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