GRACELESS LAND

coffee tastes thin

metallic

the vapour is edgy

a lighter poison

these arent the days of miracles & wonderment

we have stopped evolving

this is a short distance fool

from teeherivar.com

SUNDOWNS TIMEOUT

at
sundowns
timeout
some of us
pick a survivable poison
for 
the 
nights
solo
ride

~

at
sundowns
timeout
some of us 
blunt the days
terrible obsessions
into
butcher hacked 
bitesize chunks

and
file
them
away
where our fond misconceptions
will
never
look

~

at 
sundowns
timeout
some of us 
poison each other
in
elaborate
lengthy
unspoken
suicide 
pacts

mean words
like horror show fx
ring
brittle 

against a pair 
of 
shining empty black vases
from 
john lewis

~

at
sundowns
timeout
the 
wall mounted flatscreen

five hectares wide

broadcasts
unwatched

and the new rattan garden furniture
out on the month old decking

( lit like an art installation
  by security lights
  bright as the sun )

a purchase never properly discussed
and waiting to be returned

is
escalated
into
inlaw
assassination

from johnlewis.com

LOAD UP LOAD UP

its late
and
i
need more poison - i do
                   i do
                   i do

id cry out 
ten mins  
before the offy 
shut for the night

i was a dumping ground
for
toxic waste - living a dirty equilibrium
              
and i was meaningless
some empty gutter
when
riding
out
a
booze
gap - i should be loading up
                  loading up
                  in
                  preparation
                  in
                  training
for
whenever
and
whatever - it made sense to me
           in
           my
           dirty
           equilibrium 

from greenplanetethics.com

CIGARETTES

when youre busy
moving fast
with white noise behind your eyes
cigarettes seem to fit

cigarettes are fast

but slow it all down 
with sickness
and
they
become a luxury of the old life

a hangover

and
clearly poison 

from ct.gov

REFLECTIONS IN A BATH MAT

it was a thick year
and
without retreat

i'd felt the mass of the earth
pushing up 
thru the soles of my shoes like a living thing breathing
and
there
were
moments like drugs but without drugs
when
i couldn't tell if something was wet or just cold
and
the world exploded into pure concept and atoms

just bits to pick and choose

i'd been
burnt by optimism
and was
whole with poison

and now all the killer last lines were lined up
like cigarettes in a fresh pack
ordered
and
waiting to paint my breath