Depart from me!
I never knew you.
Bleary eyes buried in skeletal shame sockets.

Your shoes,
soaked in blood!
They squelch on concrete jailhouse pavement.
The beating heart of oversized corduroy clings
to our birdsong like falling sands.
Perturbed maliciousness, midnight m...

Creatine capsules and vitamin D supplements —
I pay for Forever with a contactless tap.
I’ve been told my hair will fall out in auburn tufts.
(The quiet rebellion of underclass eye contact.)

When I lumber outside the sidewalks are quiet, foggy gray clouds,
If someone is talking I didn’t...

I shot my muse down in starlight
Watched his soul fly up sky high.
He’s a skeleton, sardine ribs
In a metal tin.
I saw my burdens disappear,
Overhead vultures settled near.
I mopped up his last pawprints,
Leaned the mop outside to rinse.
I still haven’t journaled in over a yea...