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Category Archives: Poetry

my dad’s old dog used to go to its food dish over and over all day because its hope was inexhaustible

Posted byZakNovember 24, 2020July 19, 2023Posted inPoetry

a new shirt makes me uncomfortable with my belly and it’ll take more practice to build the strength for tears

Posted byZakNovember 22, 2020July 19, 2023Posted inPoetry

a dog really does nip me on the leg! i really do flood and walk while waiting to dry!

Posted byZakNovember 20, 2020July 19, 2023Posted inPoetry

cat eats breakfast while i drink coffee and listen to music and cycle thymic’ly

Posted byZakNovember 18, 2020July 19, 2023Posted inPoetry

the girl with long black hair draws for me and from me

Posted byZakNovember 16, 2020July 19, 2023Posted inPoetry

the census woman came to your door and she seemed a bit nervous and you wanted to cry

Posted byZakNovember 14, 2020July 19, 2023Posted inPoetry

perhaps what you thought to be your creativity was really just caffeine

Posted byZakNovember 11, 2020July 19, 2023Posted inPoetry

i eat cheesesteak in a box Chevy to say thank you to black people in urban centers who save America even though America continues to want them dead

Posted byZakNovember 8, 2020July 19, 2023Posted inPoetry

i mock my friends and alone laugh by myself

Posted byZakNovember 6, 2020July 19, 2023Posted inPoetry

who needs exercise when there’s the hammer-jack trackstar heart of panic?

Posted byZakNovember 3, 2020July 19, 2023Posted inPoetry

my man is 41 and addicted to drugs and i saw him waiting out the rain under an awning

Posted byZakOctober 30, 2020July 19, 2023Posted inPoetry

i smell of creosote which makes me uneasy yet no less magic

Posted byZakOctober 27, 2020July 19, 2023Posted inPoetry

vacuum sealer is loud on an otherwise distant Sunday morning

Posted byZakOctober 25, 2020July 19, 2023Posted inPoetry

the suggested tears i borrow from the pig on my plate

Posted byZakOctober 22, 2020July 19, 2023Posted inPoetry

the hops in the tea make it bitter and you worry you might break the chair

Posted byZakOctober 20, 2020July 19, 2023Posted inPoetry

writing emails to musicians i like

Posted byZakOctober 18, 2020July 19, 2023Posted inPoetry

feigning disappointment during pandemic

Posted byZakOctober 16, 2020July 19, 2023Posted inPoetry

hanging; lights in the moon

Posted byZakOctober 14, 2020July 19, 2023Posted inPoetry

life is for losers

Posted byZakOctober 10, 2020July 19, 2023Posted inPoetry

a strip club waitress brings me lemon balm from her garden

Posted byZakOctober 8, 2020July 19, 2023Posted inPoetry

too timid to wave, it is for practice that i live on island

Posted byZakOctober 4, 2020July 19, 2023Posted inPoetry

a ritual of empty cups

Posted byZakOctober 3, 2020July 12, 2023Posted inPoetry

i run out of milk; hopeful, i go to the store

Posted byZakSeptember 30, 2020July 12, 2023Posted inPoetry

sorrow sounds romantic but really it’s just joy

Posted byZakSeptember 27, 2020July 12, 2023Posted inPoetry

i leave the door open so the nervous cat can eat without choking on its panic

Posted byZakSeptember 25, 2020July 12, 2023Posted inPoetry

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