Category: Poem
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Drew Blood
they drew blood, sure enough soliciting my veins as if touched by a dirty homeless person the thread of string winced and jumped back trying to avoid the inevitable
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Trouble
Trouble n’ow a’brewin’ midst the broad moonl’ght if ‘ is for a letter let the letter be sp’te if ‘ is for nothing particular let the nothing fill what’s left of your inbox
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Domination
the days of his domination are over the days of him going too far the days of me pretending to be appalled now he’s genuinely startled when I take him too far he crumples as a child dropkicked on green grass in the early spring he fetus-hugs himself licking his wounds the ones I’ve created…
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seven inches
seven inches me got last night seven inches and a slight chip more old man winter speaks me tells ‘im to shut it me clutches his neck and throws him all asea seven inches last night me thinks I shall have seven more tonight
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Hag/Fag II
He’s a straight man in action He says he wants my womb but when I really offer it he backtracks says he and his husband just want the cats meanwhile I’m hearing in my other ear that he asked another to share his DNA with someone prettier, slimmer with bluer eyes than mine even though…
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arthritis
the grief of loss digs in deep wedges between the joints arthritis for the psyche aching on good days screaming “fuck you” on bad hollowing out the hollowed out part of you who knew there’d be so many echoes
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Paducah by Tel
*Tel wrote a brilliant poem posted in the comments section of my poem, “Goodbye, Lincoln Nebraska” that I thought was too cool not to share. Thanks to Tel for being a good sport and an even better writer.* Goodbye, Paducah Kentucky with your run down buildings lining a boring riverside. When the floodwaters come, even…
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A Waffle House Romance
I met him at the Waffle House, which was even cooler than saying I met him on the internet He was cute though for a moment as I was walking up I wasn’t sure He had stunning blue eyes usually I go for brown but he was all smiles and there was little awkwardness I…
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Stage Show
He summons me on stage Let’s do a runthrough He welcomes my impromptus the dancing grooves of my pulsing neurons that say YES, YES, YES with good humor a sort of warm embrace if we embraced co-mingled with the excitement of the next best show coming to town he know he’ll be in the front…
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Hag/Fag I
Being a fag doesn’t seem that hard what’s discrimination to you what’s civil rights to you don’t you care too much about your red vests and purple stripes the gel in your hair, the lotion on your skin walking in high heels like sissy boys queerflies the unnatural the unwanted the disembowed the goddamned Group…