What we hold onto
owns us drowns us sedates us
slow death by shopping.
Hoarders on A&E
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What we hold onto
owns us drowns us sedates us
slow death by shopping.
Category Archives: death
Undone
Pulling apart a
life together, the future
frays like a cut edge.
Realization
She woke up seeing
him in a different light
flame sputtering out.
Weed laced with PCP
She turned to cake, felt
herself melting, the devil
eating his way out.
Easter
What do bunnies and
chocolate have to do with
a resurrection?
Corey Haim
When Robert Frost wrote
“Nothing gold can stay,” he could
have described child stars.
Online life on the line
He sent sensitive
documents to a stranger
thinking it was me.
Strangers in a strange town
Our waitress admits
the town has its share of ghosts.
We sleep with lights on.
Natural born plant killers
No one waters them.
Tiny cells plead, but TV
seems more important.
Insomnia bordering on insanity
Night winds roar like a
giant parent screaming “Go
to sleep!” without words.
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