Smoke Signals

breathing smoke billowing plumage erupts cascading powdered puffs passing unobstructed peeling distending undulating traversing stagnant air on a breeze of sour breath stained teeth yellowed and calcifying tartared tarred tainted teal tendrils turning jellyfish autonomy unaware floating in fluid free fall flowing between us

Life: As Viewed Through a Lens

where will we turn when the sun hides when the tides roll in roll out wash the shore clean erasing our mark eroding as the grains slip through the glass shattered pieces scattered in all directions bellowing death wail perforating eardrums fall deaf eyes blind mind ignorant of our influence we’re all running treading water…

Time and Typewriters

last night I dreamt I moved into a new apartment large and sprawling labyrinthine design with white walls and wooden furniture dilapidated papers strewn paint peeling i entered off the street in the dead of night surrounded by nameless people who didn’t acknowledge me I recall a writing desk with what at first glace appeared…

Night Sounds

do you lie awake listening to the night sounds to the mating calls of lonely crickets raccoons in rubbish wind howling through shrubs past brick and mortar muffled against the exterior of insulated cocoons creaking apartments echoing with the noise of running toilets beeping malfunctioning smoke detectors groaning beds beneath the weight of undulating bodies…

A Grey

mouthed telepathy falls on deaf alien minds – unacknowledged lying on slabs deflated flaccid limbs – induced paralysis staring blinding light suspended overhead illuminating rigid expressions of muted agony – discomforted at precision probing prodded – virile vivisection an attempt to uncover what lies – morbid curiosity indulged conceding an attempt to gain favor –…