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Tag: Despair

city, family, life, persistence, Poetry

Childhood Memories

I have flashes,Small glimpses,Of this life, that is mine,So sweet, so charming,In a second the veil will arise,The auto pilot … Continue reading Childhood Memories

city, food, persistence, Poetry, spain

Ants

The ants were here before us,So they make themselves at home,After all, it’s a thirty year old house,I’ve seen ant … Continue reading Ants

The Mushrooms
life, love, mushrooms, persistence, Poetry, spain, Work

The Mushrooms

The mushrooms don’t work,My mind is stuffed with cotton budsAnd rags,My body dressed in too much triviality,I need more,My visions … Continue reading The Mushrooms

city, journalism, life, persistence, politics, Work, world affairs

Election Year in the Pothole Nation

Do they forget how to smile?,Or did they all simply go to the same photographer,Klenched jawed Kodiak Kunts LTD,KKK,It’s election … Continue reading Election Year in the Pothole Nation

Poetry

Ego

What use are you, In debt To you, Betrayed By you, Surrendered To you, I’m sorry For you Continue reading Ego

love, Poetry

A Travel Note for a Lover

How can it be so significant, Utterly defining, The Moldau, Lifts, Falls, Crashes, But goes on, Letters, words and pages … Continue reading A Travel Note for a Lover

Escaping Mystery
love, Poetry

Escaping Mystery

So let’s bury it down deep, Don’t talk, don’t touch, don’t speak, Grasp it tight, keep it, before We’re too … Continue reading Escaping Mystery

Inhale, Exhale
city, love, Poetry

Inhale, Exhale

Inhale, Exhale, Open your mouth, Let it in, Smoke, Drink, Drugs, Let it flow, Flow over Blood that is too … Continue reading Inhale, Exhale

Now, Applaud this (The Open Mic)
city, persistence, Poetry

Now, Applaud this (The Open Mic)

Tell you I’m nervous, Shyly look away, Back again, Tell you, It’s my first time, Perhaps, I’ll strum a guitar, … Continue reading Now, Applaud this (The Open Mic)

I’m with you
city, love, persistence, Poetry

I’m with you

A whole city, Of black eyes And perfect teeth, Souls don’t go around, And, Buying one isn’t cheap, Shoots and … Continue reading I’m with you

The Michelin Experience (The Clove Club)
love, persistence, Poetry, Work

The Michelin Experience (The Clove Club)

And the sommeliers, Are always drunk, On half finished, Wine, And the waitresses, Are always stoned, On cheap, sleepy, Weed, … Continue reading The Michelin Experience (The Clove Club)

Escape
love, Poetry

Escape

I want to go, Live among the last tribes of the Amazon, With those who haven’t ventured out In a … Continue reading Escape

London
love, Poetry

London

One big Suicide Café, Everyone, Waiting to compete, But there’s no competition, Here, The shelves are empty, The people too, … Continue reading London

She doesn’t need
love, Poetry

She doesn’t need

She doesn’t need, A face, Or arms, legs, She doesn’t need, A mouth, Or tongue, teeth, She doesn’t need, Clothes, … Continue reading She doesn’t need

Sleeping in Café’s
love, Poetry

Sleeping in Café’s

Sleeping in a Café, Saturday morning like some Drunk, Rubbing off the glowing embers Of a lost fire, Coffee and … Continue reading Sleeping in Café’s

Poetry

I wrote you a Letter, but this is quicker to read

When we first met You needed strength When you left You expelled it through The wrong vent Even still it … Continue reading I wrote you a Letter, but this is quicker to read

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