'right mix'

you and me

nothing but bone

to provide space

flesh to bind. 

#barflypoet

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'day after day'

the cruelest

of all the lonelies

is waiting on a phone

that refuses to ring.

#barflypoet

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'murderers'

i drank scotch 

i drank scotch

drank another scotch 

and took a piss 

and noticed the snot 

on the walls 

a graveyard of snot 

dead by smearing 

and dead by premature

picking

hanging 

a sacred place above the urinal.

i scrubbed my hands

did not touch the bar

but threw down a good tip 

and got away 

from all the disgusting 

unclean

murdering

motherfuckers 

that could have been sitting next to me.

#barflypoet

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'a different route'

i really should be sitting atop

the cool dew mat of your grave but

i've chosen a different route today— 

uncomfortable stool beneath me

a jagged tear on the one beside

sipping on a scotch

watching as what remains

of this afternoon

bleeds away. 

#barflypoet

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'monstrosities'

come

don your spider silk trousseau, indulge me

a jig—

funeral hymn and devil's perfume—

blackened, our matrimony

miasma, our vows

ever faithful i'll be to 

rust-mouthed promises

while you cherish my slack cock 

against your thigh. 

in honey light our shadows creep

as we fuck in this church van

spawn a slit-eyed bastard 

meant to rule gravy train slugs

then leave it steaming—

glistening under dashboard's light—

saw-toothed smile crooked and pure

while we murder cherubs with our rubber gloves on.

#barflypoet

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'no bones about it'

you make me realize

just how insignificant

i truly am.

#barflypoet

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'no matter the label'

scotch goes down smoother

the more pain you’re in.

#barflypoet

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'slice'

we all need 

to bleed out

our own way.

#barflypoet

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'yeah, it’s fucked up'

things were much simpler 

when i harvested hate

and not this hateful thing

called love.

#barflypoet

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(from my collection 'Scotch and Scars')

'ghost whisperer'

the dead are all around us.

look at the shattered faces

haunting their glasses

at the bar.

#barflypoet

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