Unrepentant
So I shall arise
And return
To my mother's house.
Unrepentant.
So I shall arise
And return
To my mother's house.
Unrepentant.
I am my own tapeworm, stuck inside myself.
elongated shadows on the periphery of sunset panoramas, anonymous
The film wrapped. His visa expired, but he remained by faking a British accent and taking a job under the table
every day break the sludge:
caffeine, wine, rapping
A touch of yellow sets off the light
on my forehead, where hair doesn’t cast a shadow.
Side by side we contemplate
Until, moldering unashamed,
We are carried away.
Your first words, first steps
trembling on uncertain ground
become false teeth and a walker
I know my bags were filled
with scraps of anger
still sharp enough to cause a paper cut on my hands
He struggled to compose himself,
while I watched. Some things
never change.