forced silence
sounds like drowning in a
dried up sea



JETSAM


I hugged you last night
While you slept
I kissed your arm
Beneath your shoulder
In the same spot where women
Like my mother
Have that weird scar
The imprint of a poker chip
From an archaic vaccine
That marked a generation,
I hugged you because
I was happy and sad
Restless
And worrying
Men hide in the dark
Emotions only present
When the light is dead
Weakness personified
In a kiss that only hits
Unnoticed and silent
Then you said to me
In your slumber breath
“Go away (my name)”
And I did as you ask
Turning to the wind beside me
To board that creaking ship
I fear that this noise wakes you
And I am ashamed
A miserable captain
Sailing into storms
On a sea of unnecessary noise

-Juvenal of the 67th Cosmos

so sunny!

smoke and tea
stained cadaver teeth
hanging in the tree