in a rush
i grab a spoon
and eat my cereal
it tastes good
but something's wrong
my throat burns
the spoon has bleach on it
i forgot to rinse it
i must remember not to pee in my mouth
i could die
You were just a little cat
Who would drive me up the wall
Who would play cute and then dig your claws in
Who would jump on my feet at night
Who would pee all over my beanbag
Who would climb up a tree and get stuck unless we had cat food
Who would only think of his stomach
Who would race out into the night so we had to chase after you
Who hated big dog biscuits but would eat them anyway
Who hated the new flooring in the lounge room
Who hated loud noises
Who hated pickles
Who hated it when dad stood on your tail
Who hated it when people would pick you up all the time
Who hated water, in fact any form of liquid
Who loved salt and
Dusk over a jagged skyline; structures of steel, glass, and concrete punch their way to the stars, dominating the lost horizon. Their windows reflect the dying rays like so many lighthouses, their beacons aflame against the night. The skies, torn with ragged strips of cloud, pale from a hazy, smothering grey to ever-darkening shades of brown; deepening shadows that are punctuated and emphasised by legions of electric street lamps, flaring into life for the evening ahead. Every ignition brings forth another erratically-flickering globe of green-tinted, sulphurous light that emanates a sickly glow, each a dying firefly i
There is a stillness in me
like the calm before a storm,
only the storm never comes.
The grey sky sprinkles--
nothing comes.
I thought I would feel sadness,
like waves crashing down--
I feel nothing at all.
I am a silent sea
unflustered by the wind--
I am nothing at all--
nothing ever comes.
they'll never change your life
wet concrete fog thick smiles
footsteps falling toward north star miles
cold toe tips water dripped feet
mark inches on city streets
passer-by buildings blood red bricks
head spins mind turns tricks
skies move in on chins turned down
walking city streets that'll never change your life