Hangover

pOUndINg hEAdaCHe
disorinetatoin
my ey s wo 't st y op n
light headed
feeling sickijbf
nose is ruuuuuuuuning
everything is too bright

just let me go back to bed

Humor

Amid the sole(mn)
hues of catholic masses
the alter servers
lightened people's mood
with thier soft-pastel colored
rubber so(u)led clogs.

Soul

What if soul
was a stream
and body but
a river bed?

Perhaps God is
a tall moutain
and all humanity
is rushing/flowing
towards the sea.

Oh!, the rain
that refreshes life
when it falls
back to earth.

Perhaps we all
share the same
water (or soul)
and life is
a moment spent
in the current.

Fear: A Haiku

Nothing humbles men
like unfamiliar blacktop
in the dead of night.

Nike

Check out my new short story "Nike" and the new format I'm trying out to publish my short stories. This is by far my most ambitious project to date and is still very rough. Any and all comments you have for this piece would be greatly appreciated. (I'm hopping to recieve more than the one or two comments posts usually recieve.)

want to take a peak inside the rabbit hole? if yes follow the link below

http://nikeshortstory.blogspot.com/

airport

late last night i picked some
friends up from the airport (PDX)
everyone was there; parents, girlfriends, friends
the endless carpet,guards, pilots, flight
attendants, and carousels.

it made me love the airport's expensive food and
loopy parking garages. late. can't sleep.
2:00 am (pacific time) and i
don't know why.

i figured it out, almost. i
need my barefeet on that carpet
that stretched out like an ocean.
don't know why.

but i want something else.
and as i close my eyes
i know. i want only to
return from someplace.

hunger

a
gaping hOle
in
the cOre

--middle--

of
my stomach
being
mmm food

Everything Is Gonna Be Alright

Down the road to her house
Thinking about the way she loves me
Walking alone under that dim street light
I know everything is gonna be alright.

Her smiling face is waiting for me
She greets me at the door
As I look deeply into her eyes
I know everything is gonna be alright.

Everything's gonna be, gonna be alright
Everything's gonna be alright
As long as she is standing by my side
I know everything is gonna be alright.

I lay down next to her head
She's warm and cuddled up in a dream
Think to myself it's a beautiful night
I know everything is gonna be alright.

Next day, she shows up at my door
brings me breakfast and a kiss
Sit on the porch in the soft sunlight
I know everything is gonna be alright.

Everything's gonna be, gonna be alright
Everything's gonna be alright
As long as she is standing by my side
I know everything is gonna be alright.

5 years later nervous as can be
She's coming down the aisle
I've never seen her with a smile so bright
I know everything is gonna be alright.

Take the sold sign off the lawn
Walk into the empty house
She says I love you and holds me tight
I know everything is gonna be alright

Everything's gonna be, gonna be alright
Everything's gonna be alright
As long as she is standing by my side
I know everything is gonna be alright.

Down the road to our house
Thinking about the way I love her
I see her face and know I was right
Everything is gonna be alright.

I know everything is gonna be alright.

-For Hayley

dRugS & LiarS

I.

Lauren MIcheaLs
-pro-Ducer of
SNL- is''nt
CUmmin' to
dinhEr tonite

II.

what is
the difference
between pills
and liars?

answer: pills
are easier
to swallow.

III.

LeyeS & DruGss
are bOth
a KInD
of OPiatE

SIN

say SIN
again
-gin/jinn
spirits (genie)
rubbing
alcohol
that burns
ether:
the heavens
anesthetic
solvent
of souls-
SIN

rodeo

I.

seems to me
that the bull
always wins.

II.

the battle
of the bulls
reminds me

of most love.
such a hard
eight seconds-

if your not
careful it's
gonna hurt

III.

cowboys get
back on that
bull and pray.

poetry

poetry doesnt say
an e thing
it skirts, and circles,
what cant be expressed
like how u make me feel
or the way an
unsaid word is.

-for meredith

tea

it was our first visit
to a walled garden

city all around us
yet; quiet and serene

for a time we lingered
by glass pond and lillies

but then the house of tea
in hopes to find some shade

bitter-sweet and chilled tea
that cooled the lips so well

when i tasted it (tea)
i tasted you (a kiss)

and when i kiss you soft
it reminds me of tea

noise and city and fear
made; quiet and serene

a kiss takes me to our
walled garden in the city

-for meredtih

wooden wind chimes

its like a
the echo of
a finger pressed
against the inside
of a cheek
and a drop
of water deep
in a cave

Damn that orange

I -keep- a basket of oranges on my counter
I put them there for -your- convenience
you can have any orange you lay your -eyes- on
but if it's not -peeled- right it will squirt you
if you want I can do that one -for- you
all of -those- are pretty hard to peel
-damn- it just shot me in the eye
I hate -oranges-