you've learned to
silence

the noise
the clamor
the calling
for your heart

turned a deaf ear
to the promise masquerade
the lies sweet disguise


sincerity
will scream itself
hoarse

NB @ 11:54 PM [ 0 comments ]

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metal cells moving
in dead blacktop artieries
full
but empty...

there was that someday,
that swelled with romance
and yellow laughter,
ushered
by drunken bloodshot eyes

but now you suffer
in sober reality

thought you had an original thought
until you feigned sleep

they seeped into you
from the television

it's either hot or dark
in the neon wasteland

sometimes


it's
both

NB @ 12:39 PM [ 0 comments ]

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the least i can do
is be a gracious host
to the nightmare
i've elegantly invited you to--

a black tie back stabbing;
i've zipped you open
left you for
the pushers,
the takers,
the bleeders,
and
the
pulchritudinous liars.

if you survive,
look me up
and
bring your worst.

NB @ 12:29 PM [ 1 comments ]

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tonight it is your turn
to leave everything
running

i was unclothed against
your inclement storm,

unable to articulate
the correct switches
on your massive control board.

nevertheless,
if they
hurt
you
there will be
bodies
to count,
scorched earth
to heal.

oh, the words
they jumble and dance
macho chainsaw rhetoric

NB @ 9:41 AM [ 3 comments ]

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