You See Now…

You see now. I didn’t know it would be like this. Who in their right mind would have ever taken it on had they known? I didn’t know the thing would follow me here. I thought I was safe from its nose, always sniffing the wind and watching for movement, any movement. I hid in [...]

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Cowboy

Afterwards I was never quite sure how he got in. I mean, I know how he got in, but I never saw him enter. I was alone, and then suddenly I was not, and he there at my elbow. Too close, too swiftly, like an spook. He seemed to change location without need of walking. [...]

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Jess

Jess?   I found some pictures. Pictures of you. Not the you I once knew. Gone now, the mass of black curls. Gone, the sharp cheekbones women whispered about, the slanted green eyes that pierced so much they frightened people. Gone now the tiny frame of muscle that had lifted me high and twirled with [...]

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Mess of Dreams

I stumbled onto you A picture, no less In fact there were three   Grinning in one Head thrown back Softness apparent New to me   Black shades the next Guitar aimed Like an arrow At her heart   But the last The soul heavy tired eyes I remember these Even now   So old [...]

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My Bat

I must confess You give a chill To flutter by my head Your inky form Causes a thrill Of shudders in my bed   I will admit You have a way Of mesmerizing me With jerky flight I’m hypnotized By something I can’t see   I can’t deny I long to know What calls you [...]

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The Devil Without Horns

No, you would have shunned her Had she not Ever scornful Of innocence   It was the contrast You dug Ever the enigma Of labels   You couldn’t pin her Down Not really Even as she tried To define herself She proved this Even as she swore Undying loyalty Ever yours You knew   She [...]

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Seeker

So, you’re still out there Too driven to die Like you said you would   Age happens to the best of us What’s left, once it does, And you’ve never learned How to live?   Do you look for something, still? Were you ever really looking? Or, just trying not to see   For all [...]

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Disclaimer

The thing is, I’ve never wanted to tell another how to interpret my writing. I want to create it, not define it. I’ve always believed that once I write something, it’s like a picture; it’s however you see it. Just like song is however you hear it. It’s your experience. If I give it to [...]

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One of the Shes

One of the Shes She’s got it so bad She’s counting the seasons She’ll take to be had She’s one of the Shes He’s leaving behind He’s giving her notice But taking his time   One of the Shes She’s falling in stride She’s counting her reasons She’s standing in line She’s one of the [...]

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Twist

“I’m doing this for you.”                               –Last words of a sociopath

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