Discounted Poetry

Our toes, They weave Like Per- Sian rugs Or coast- ers made In school. You cough And I Am sure I un- Derstand. And I am thinking You could be my final, Maybe be my home. Our hands, They search For sil- Ver un- Derneath The sur- Face or The brok- En glass Inside The prai- Rie soft. And I am certain There is not a final, Never be a home. - 3/20/26

We sprinted for the cover of trees. The languid clouds are rolling fingers Over the greenest canopy of leaves. I share my body's warmth. You're shivering more frantic Than the branches. I am pulling you into me. I always have your stripped attention, Sturdy affection Never love. The stomach of the sky Is gently rumbling hungry As the rain continues Falling for you. - 3/19/25

The sirens cease across the city Where still I cannot find the grocery store. The kids are kicking piled bricks, Excited school is canceled for the week. An hour later, I investigate a rhythm faint, The quiet crunch A crispy leaf, A spinning pendulum on slender thread Of spiderweb Inside the grating Dumbly driven by the air Against the shaft Again, again. The cushioned beat is not a dream. It's just a trance. My pulse continues, Never slows to normal any longer. You maintain a mute superiority For staking claim on top your roots. I never knew this neighborhood Before we married. Pulling from the station, You're collapsing tiny. London bridge is falling. Once you let it loose, It's gone, A silver ring released to currents Carried down the ambling water, Down the leaving stream. - 3/18/26

She was a fragile architecture. I had never touched a plaster surface Till she fell. I tried to catch her. I wasn't sure we should be lovers I still am not convinced, I meant to save her, But she's broken. All of my horses And all of my men... - 3/17/26

I saw you at the party Sitting on the bottom stair, The many all about your throne. I forgot the way your hooded eyes Could hold a holy fountain  Glistening to burst, The way your smile charged entire cities. I have tried for years To learn unhating you. The world's a vicious biting dog Inside a cat disguise. You never tried apologizing. You are always unaware of guilt, Mistaking sin for fear and doubt. My skin Was thirsty Desert sand Unwatered too long, I didn't let you know my presence As I left. You go with God When realizing You can go without. - 3/13/26

The constant shrieking call, The weight of mud above your body, You imagined peace  To be a place along the road, A prince or princess waiting If you only picked the proper door? You want the demons Underneath the ground? You must embrace The broken mess Your life exploded to And loneliness, Especially the loneliness. You've got to love it all. - 3/12/26