'rust to something louder'

and so after all these months

i grip spade and grave rob the tomb

my old haunts have moved on

still fervor rattles the bones

marvel, will you

over my state of preservation

a cold corpse yet done dying

decayed lips yet done lying

aren’t we taught truth

comes from the heart

my veracities boxed now

atop another’s shelf.

you thought i’d be dust and powder.

i’ve evolved from rust to something louder

than you could ever comprehend.

#barflypoet

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'the way you carry yourself'

you sit at the bar

mouth hanging open

catching flies but not passion

i think you’re a good person at heart

but you probably offer lovers 

a very sad existence. 

#barflypoet

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'unintended consequence'

he met a girl

loved the hell out of her

they found him guilty of killing 

all the best she had ever shared

so he consumed

what remained of her

saving her heart for last

hoping she would beat within him

to the end.

#barflypoet

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'lonelier than hell'

you’re an outcast

to the outcasters

and that, my friend

is a predicament

lonelier than hell. 

*poetic license used replacing outcasts with outcasters 😉  *

#barflypoet

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'on a mission'

when the scotch

goes down like water;

when the sins 

are not deep enough.

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'i know'

the magpies squawk from the tree

sharing summations and general blame

all the while oblivious to the amount

of shit that has gathered beneath their wings. 

#barflypoet

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'38 words too long'

i see you for what you are 

i see you for what you're worth 

you'll never be anything more

than the rolling of my eyes 

the exhalation of my breath 

you leave me so tired

so tired

spent. 

#barflypoet

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'not on the fatality list'

this is our new fad

quarantine love

mindful of our distance

while we laugh at the experts

we’ve been practicing this, you know

long before it ever came in vogue

concealing all expression

resigned to the fact

our words are asymptomatic

just a monotonous series of sounds

muffled beneath layers

infecting inauspiciously the ears. 

#barflypoet

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'lost in the moment'

i get lost watching 

you be you.

#barflypoet

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'alone, again'

i do not wish to exist alone

yet you do not deserve my company.

#barflypoet

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