Down From the Mountains |
I had been living in the monastery for forty years before the brothers decided I was finally ready to go into seclusion. My robes were stripped from me. I would have no need for them up in the mountai...
Posted by Joe on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:48:00 PST |
My Father’s House. |
His wife waited out front."Don't be long," she called, pulling her mobile from her pocket. "I want to go soon. I'm gonna make a few calls, and when I'm done I'll come find you. Alright?"He nodded, and...
Posted by Joe on Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:30:00 PST |
Your Sisters Wedding |
When you played a song at your sister's wedding
They threw you off the stage;
Your words and tunes and melodies
Only stirred up rage.
You thought each chord
Was like a feather on a bird
That your mus...
Posted by Joe on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:42:00 PST |
I Heard of a Man |
I heard of a man who says words so beautifully that if he only speaks their name women give themselves to him.
If I am dumb beside your body while silence blossoms like tumors on our lips.it is becau...
Posted by Joe on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:31:00 PST |
Rabbit Wine |
For I am a dreamerI drown every nightfrom darkness in sadness,I drink up the light.I dream without sleepingI empty your cupYour ghost it plays Injunsand dresses me upin clothes that I madewith my own ...
Posted by Joe on Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:24:00 PST |
Hungry Skull (A Love Story) |
Yours is a hungry skull. All it does is eat. It's going to win, sooner or later; but you know that, don't you? I mean, you can feel it. You must feel it. Doesn't your skin sting? Last night I leaned o...
Posted by Joe on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:48:00 PST |
Skin |
If she were to talk about the whole thing honestly, she'd have to admit Simon was the last person she expected to call her. It was a Sunday morning and she had only just woken up. She was downstairs b...
Posted by Joe on Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:29:00 PST |
Someone, somewhere |
Someone, somewhere clearly decided
I was getting too much sleep
And so they started to do something about it.
First, they gave me stomach ulcers
Which meant everything I ate
Sat in my chest lik...
Posted by Joe on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:56:00 PST |
Guessing Your House |
I don't really have the time to do this,
But here I am, anyway. I walk past the houses,
Guessing which one is yours. You're in here somewhere
Behind one of these walls, under one of those
Rooves. I ...
Posted by Joe on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:03:00 PST |
Waiting |
I spent all day waiting for you yesterday.
Today, I sat down on my back
On the road, and waited for a car instead.
It was a nice bit of variety.
But,
Nothing came.
Tomorrow?...
Posted by Joe on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:01:00 PST |
