For My Brother |
Don't hold onto Your ratty Polaroid Of the time You were spanked Because he Didn't believe That you gave Momma's candy bar Bites for your friends Who wouldn't shut up. Burn it and ...
Posted by Patience on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:03:00 PST |
Wishes and Knives |
i need to carve myself up a vein to pick at, pink red intestine prick ing through my skin. i wake in the morning and sip at my coffee tasting the iodine grit, a thick warm sli...
Posted by Patience on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 06:30:00 PST |
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Posted by Patience on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 03:27:00 PST |
Once Upon A Time (first draft) |
He was one of Those boys you See depicted in commercials Or cartoons Extra! Extra! Read All about it! A morning spent Selling newsprint Then a dip in the Bay, A swimmer's trek From...
Posted by Patience on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:56:00 PST |
Tom's a Republican Cuz He Wouldn't Let Me Repost This Bulletin |
From: DanetteDate: Jan 18, 2007 2:44 PMBloggers Who Criticize Government May Face PrisonBill Would Allow Rounding Up And Imprisoning Of Non-Registered Political WritersSteve WatsonInfowars.netThursday...
Posted by Patience on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:11:00 PST |
Mama and Me (First Draft) |
I stole my mother's Wooden spoon andBuried it in the right cornerOf the backyard.Little mole hill ofDirt marking its grave.Before laying downTo sleepI would peel back myCurtain and huntThe dark clumps...
Posted by Patience on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:26:00 PST |
I Could |
Needed a walk
To clear the fog,
But there are too many tourists
Along the waterfront.Cutting over a wooden knuckle
Of the pier, I follow a Barnacled fingerTo the railing.Leaning against...
Posted by Patience on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:13:00 PST |
Peek-a-boo |
Old roll-top with the Roll long at large Is crowned by Pictures of father With my children On the bow of a ferry Playing peek-a-boo Hugging Wood, metal and plastic Framing his one w...
Posted by Patience on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:59:00 PST |
Untitled |
i can't get the water in the tubhot enoughi want the burni want to feel somethingother than my ownskin.but that's a liebecause its only your skini want to swim inevery other touchor brush or voicesend...
Posted by Patience on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:20:00 PST |
2005 (first draft, 'nother purging) |
I have a cassette Of messages From you, Restricted calls, Always you Talking through Sarah, Momma we're hungry, Why don't you send us money So we can eat? But I had already ...
Posted by Patience on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 11:20:00 PST |
