A Kind Heart
A kind
heart always
gets wounded.
Category Archives: poems & short jabs
red flash of clarity
Red Flash of Clarity
That red
flash of
clarity
between
when the
fall starts
& the
rope
goes taut.
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proof positive paranoia
Proof Positive Paranoia
Every time I
get overwhelmed
by the
feeling that
everyone
despises me
the dishes
in the
cupboard
start to
rattle.
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norwegians pillaging the coastline of my heart
Norwegians Pillaging the Coastline of My Heart
Last night
it was
brought to
my attention
that the
dwarf in
the garage
is the
Norwegian my
first wife
ran off
with forty
years ago.
That he’s
not really
a dwarf
he’s been
diminished
in stature
by regret.
That he
wants to
make amends.
I got
out of
bed before
sunrise this
morning &
put on
water
for coffee.
Sat in
the dark
at the
kitchen table
flicking the
flashlight on
& off.
Went thru
the dark
house to
the bathroom
& held
the flashlight
under my
chin while
looking in
the mirror.
But I
couldn’t
bring myself
to go
out to
the garage.
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open your arms
Open Your Arms
Open your
arms to the
heart-broken
children.
Embrace them
in their
thin disguise of
pierced skin
& leather.
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making a break for it II.
Making a Break for It
Sometimes I
feel like a
motherless child.
Sometimes I
feel like
Emily Dickinson
on a
rampage.
Sometimes I
feel I’ve
been saved
by the
bell–
sixty seconds
on a
stool a
new mouthpiece
water down
my trunks &
out I
go again.
Sometimes I
feel like
I’ve misplaced
a grenade
with the
pin pulled.
“Fire in the hole!”
I yell,
& the
house explodes.
Sometimes I
grow goofy
with hope
& cry
“Ally ally
in free!”
from a
dark street
in my
childhood,
but no
one comes
out of
hiding.
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