singularity is what they call it when everything crashes together and sucks you down; when in a neighborly attempt to allow a folk to save face he batters you in the opening. not fucking again is what i call it.
breathing
so much so long
still not knowing
socratic empathy
I hate hearing about what happened to you. I really do. Hey, this might cheer you up: Libertarians are Republicans that just want to smoke pot with a clear conscience. Thought you’d like that. But, yeah, things are bad. I guess you need to linger for a moment. You can see it clearly now can’t you? Continue reading socratic empathy
Ecoregion 32a Blackland Prairies
the boy having shot up
all there is to shoot up
turned his attention
to the gray bird
if you’re meant to die,
you’ll die
whether you have friends
or a momma or not
the target blurred
in the gunsights
and if you’re not meant to die
you won’t die
nobody say a word
a snake slithers through the debris
of the living room floor and scares
out a mouse from its newspaper den
and nobody say a word?
the sun eases into the slack
between houses as stars
lazily bestow their graces
and nobody say a word