Written March 2005 based on the poem Where I’m From by George Ella Lyons via Fragments from Floyd. Tweaked to shorten and update today. (huuuuuuugely long and somewhat depressing but meh, another day, another crack at it with dawn instead of nightfall’s gathering darkness prevailing.) I’m from a township no longer named on maps Memory […]
Author Archives: Pearl
one side of conversation
one side of phone conversation ‘lo, uh-huh, m-hm, hmmmm, weh? yeah, sure, uhhhhh, k, heh heh, nyah, aaaaah, nya-huh, nope, gah, na, oh fckn -, okaaaaay, oh yeh, ya-ya, un-huuuh?, ach!, huh?, yep, ah!, ooooh, meh, hmmmm, feh, eh?, sure ta.
morning has dropped but only bruised itself
morning? weightlifting championship of lids managing hiatus between up, buzzer your springboarding bed to the floor rainchequed, I play toe piano slack dull tone
bus shelter inventory
bus shelter inventory what % left no trace? is the evidence of one person: Smirnoff emptied Export A footprinted shed nylons torn 1/3 of Watchtower presumably (as espionage security) remaining 1/3 burnt, 1/3 eaten so it doesn’t fall into dangerous minds.
naw
Love muscle? pft; blood balloon A yoni honey now that’s a flex