Your Empty Bed
This room is so hollow
Even with tears filling my eyes
I expect to find you peripherally
You’re not underfoot
Blocking my way to the bathroom
Expecting another sound
I miss you
More than I thought I would
I look to the corner and you’re not there
Stepping over you seemed to be natural
Worrying for you was my only thought
That hasn’t abated
You’re still here
The [...]
Loving The Ostrich
take the plate from the cupboard, the one that no one knows is there
sharpen the blade
cut away
he’s not here, again, so you chop
the calendar laughs at you
weeks go by
and you just splice
he’s not here again, so why not
it relieves the loneliness
breaks up the monotony
it gives you something to do
so you do it
you [...]
Poetry: The Funnel And The Straw
he sneers as he stumbles
that crack in the sidewalk keeps getting bigger
he turns his head south to hide the salt
so no one sees the fool
he wonders where his harp is
to lull him out of this obscurity
he’s read it in books, he’s seen it on the television
someone comes in to reveal the sun
the grey day doesn’t [...]
Poetry: Moveable
Walls are broken And then rebuilt up Usually stronger and higher than they were before
Scaling is impossible Climbing unforeseeable There is no gear to help the wall be [...]
Poetry: Smoke Signals From Cabbagetown
this executioner only has keys in his hands. the dog is safe but nothing is right.
he sees red when he hears even the corner of the room isn’t a reprieve from this [...]