And it quickly turns to voice mail.
Wondering.
How much the stamps cost
to send my voice to you?
Category: POETRY
Later
Later,
You might recall
The moment you tore the valves
Right off my heart.
But that’s ok
I let it go
I went down
To the Wal-Mart
On the corner
Down the street
And bought some gorilla glue
pieced it back together.
And for years
I walked around
Connected to tubes,
and wires,
with beeping sounds
echoing about me.
Later,
I’ll mop up the blood
Covering the floor.
And staining the hard wood floors.
And sheets.
Guitar
well the thought has sprouted
a pecan seedling
roots beginning to sink deep
the thought spreads through the brain
neurons firing
everyday i think about her.
i can’t stop
the notes echo
about my fingers
I think about her body
as she rests upon my chest.
My fingers strumming her
making her sing.
a beautiful red hallow body old epi
i got at a pawn shop
for fifty buckets
i had to totally rebuild her
lost her years later to a pawn shop
The Theory of Relativity and The Speed of Light
All the pretty lights
shine
flicker
and blind me.
I stumble,
and try to grab on to something,
someone,
to keep from falling.
I don’t know which way to go.
What to say.
The years spin,
faster and faster.
You’d think,
it’d get slower,
cause of friction.
My grandfather used to tell me,
when he caught me flipping the light switch
on and off and
on and off again,
repeatedly,
that it’d use up the light bulb;
and that the light switch
had only a number of on offs in it.
My grandmother
just told me,
that time might go by slow
in the beginning,
but it picks up speed,
as you got closer to the end.
Water
It is water
I must drink
Nothing else
Will cleanse my soul.
Deposited
Here
You will hear it,
Clearly,
Our own sad story.
I’ve made mistakes.
with a kiss,
others, a fist,
some by running
while others standing still.
The sadness?
I inherited.
For inside me
is an unwavering light,
& no place to hide.
Do you recognize me now?
Smyon-Pa 