The Mezunian

Die Positivität ist das Opium des Volkes, aber der Spott ist das Opium der Verrückten

Route Sonnet

Accompanying music Feeding thirsty leaves, the grapes paint the concrete oily yellow; & they keep unique pastel glow e’en when wrinkled by dry age. Get’n to business pecks the crow, front & back, that beaky drummer; no concern that e’en in summer faded mountains still smell like snow. But that sun was far too distance; […]

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Seaweed Sonnet

Accompanying music. I can taste the bloody iron in your sticky spinach clinging to the rocks, your simple sirens, though its your leaves that are singing. There is safety in remains, memories o’ wine-sweet bliss; ride on waves, on ships, on chains, green all that is colorless. Still you cling to my gray shoes; though […]

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There is Warmth in the Cool, Dark Night

Accompanying music. Ignore the sun’s slander: as much as there is in the golden retriever, there is strawberry syrup in the heart o’ the salamander. Black is the color o’ cola & chocolate, & I can feel the moon’s flour crumble in my fingertips, can feel the soggy brown leaves hug my feet as they […]

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It is Now My Duty to Completely Drain You

«Mmmm…» Hold it there, Signor Sher: I just saw you rolling round the sun-caressed grass villi like a cub fucking for the 1st time—well, OK, nothing o’ this I truly saw; but I did glimpse flashing colors through your eyes into your mind, basking in your soft cotton sweats & your puffy jacket. Think you’re […]

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El junio otoñal

Quiza es junio, pero el celeste gris y el aire que es tan frío que puede verlo lo hacen un junio del otoño, ni del verano ni siquiera de la primavera. So there.

Posted in Española, Poetry