Offload Me, Lord
Offload Me, Lord Lord, that day I came home All I wanted was an ice cream and an iPhone That’s all I wanted but you said no You said you had to test me, so… Lord, I ran to the car when it crashed I saw the steel and how it…
Santorini Singing
Santorini Singing Dear morning espresso I’d like to be polite to you Would like to introduce you to my friends Then take you on a date to the fair And follow that with a snuggle by the fire One day I think it would be great If you could go to Santorini with me Over…
Three Things
Three Things A dock A rock on top Three things I forgot Telling me to stop A fall In a perfect ball Two things saying “Breathe!” Sink to the bottom please A mud A potato spud One thing saying swim But I don’t know him Done Perfectly spun My new house My watery…
Drink Box
Drink Box Sip Strong stuff Sip again Stronger still Delicate; what’s that? Rosy; who’s that? A light comes on Another goes dark A sip A positive step Too tired to tumble Too slippery to slur I’m weightless now Floating bloating Spaceman vintage A sip The next one comes The one after…
Remember when insomnia was cool; now it’s a condition
A valid reason would help Like a glass of water because I’m hot Like a glacier worth of ice when I’m not I saw a dream I saw it pruning a tree When it was done It looked at me And said, “Don’t sleep, don’t even try.” “You lose too much energy and time.”…
I don’t get poetry but…
Devastator Six strands of gut Lie in wait over a wall A body moves, love A street brushes the hedge Where we learned to steal A rumble of heavy metal The tearing of wood Dreams shatter too easily These days I’m far away Safe, but too much Salt water and newsprint A swim whenever you…
Trent Lewin 