The Life and writings of a Twenty-Something private eye
Haunted . . . . (For the last four years) a clever chess game is being played The radical stakes that have been wagered are reminded in every little gesture Reminders of how I once had a Queen defending me Memories of the bishop sacrificing himself as the pawns soon followed Knights out maneuvered in […]
Read More My Seventh SealGothic vibes Watching hammer horror to pass the time Lock me away in Dracula’s castle with all the freaks and ghouls Let the darkness comfort me It’s no longer scary I’m used to the blind rhythm and marching out of time You can be my final girl I’ll be the shapeless entity You can catch […]
Read More Looking at a Harvest Moon Through a Castle Window on Halloween NightI often wonder what my life purpose is, it seems like every path I have followed has led to dead ends, even this case Sandra has presented to me feels like it’s going nowhere, maybe it’s just my apathy for life as of late, or maybe I could be right. I drove passed Mickey’s pub […]
Read More PI Log #6 Topher Gets Knocked Out AgainSandra congratulated me on signing up for classes I don’t know if this decision was for me or to please the masses I entered the campus with my arms shaking To be twenty-two in a room full of eighteen year olds I can feel the judgement already coming I pulled up to a parking spot […]
Read More Maybe Next Semester (Flashback Poem)I sat on the cold metal steps contemplating my life as I usually do after being up for twenty-four hours. The first thought that came to my head was how much I hated working at 11:11, i’m twenty-five working at this shit show and I call it that because all I deal with is shit […]
Read More The Other Part Time Gig pt.4 ( The Shit Test)It was the summer I left my parents house and gained total freedom It was the summer that I discovered Bukowski and his quote “do what you love and let it kill you” It was the summer that I gained confidence in myself It was the summer that I started to write again It was […]
Read More The Summer of 14′ ( Flashback Poem)You told me to cut the cords Whether by dagger or by sword I sat there in silence I didn’t know what to say or what to think I thought of the connections that had formed over these last four years And decided to cut the ones that form melancholic tears But the ones of […]
Read More Here’s Looking at You Kid (We’ll always have Virginia)Fate fell short This is the end I just wish that I gave you one last kiss Cuz you got me on the outside looking in Remembering the days you said “Breathe in for luck, breathe in for keeps.” Now i’m just nailing shards of hope together Hoping for something to cover my head I […]
Read More To The Music That Saved My Life (Tribute Poem)I’m on a plane to Cali doing something i’d never thought i’d do I guess you can say that my head is in the clouds again but this time in the literal sense Sitting in between a women to my right slaying mimosas saying how excited she is for happy hour at the gaslight, and […]
Read More Change of Scenery (Sunny Sobriety)You’re leaving And I’ve been up for days I’m not fit to have this conversation But I’m the one who initiated it You’re golden And I’ve grown bitter I don’t want to taint this anymore I don’t want you to hate me I’ll give you closure While I lay awake like an open book This […]
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