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Here Lies That Sad Girl From The Internet
Where will the statue of me reside? When I am a pile of bones in the ground, rarely recalled by my son, who has his own life to lead, and manages to make it back on February 1st, with roses and poppies to place on a headstone, where I am identified as a wife and…
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Gwen
You always took too long to say goodbye. You were famous for it, for the frustration of people who found themselves in your web, watching you spin another conversation, from the thin promise of “I’m gonna let you go.” Crossed legs, crossed eyes, as you crept into monologues, about that woman down the shop, that…
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The Noise
I don’t want to die, by any means, but I have not really enjoyed being alive, for quite some time. I feel like I’m on a constant track, that deviates, in a sense, every now and then, but never to a place that makes sense, just to a noise. I know that makes no sense,…
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Cover Me In White Roses
Cover me in white roses, when it’s all over, when the sun stops spinning around me, and the stars dress in dark lace. Make me a garden, where things go to say goodbye, in the chapel, where we first kissed, racked with guilt, because our love always felt secret, even when everybody knew, and you…
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Dream, My Darling
You’ll never learn to be happy, because you’re happiest when you’re heartbroken. It just brings something to the surface, a cynical siren call, that you can’t resist, and you will make the same journey, so many times, on just a few hours sleep, and a few cigarettes, shuttled between scenes that all end the same,…