Long Unhinging Poems

The past got a wet way of coming back
to unsettle the present
	with haunting future dreams
Who moistened the bed
with such troublesome memories?
There are dark terrors in the night
for the children 
of those whose fathers ignited the...

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So many, too many students had COVID two weeks ago. My parents were supposed to come for a visit, and midterms were on the horizon - so I decided to go ahead and get covid...

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Heated by sun and rock
a mottled snake licks the morning air.
Last night, stones were its eyes,
a blood-chill had frozen the flavor
            and flicker
of tongue...

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I hear no ambulances at night
            Secure sleep brings wishes accepted
            When the...

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Blinks of teary-filled eyes see on at a diplegic self 
yet mindful transparency is willing me back
Back to my body as sinful warning zones 
alarming   have  deluged  my mind 
Seized are...

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Alice in Wonderland 
Was my favorite book as a kid
I used to pretend that I was Alice
Having tea with the Mad Hatter 
And the March Hare
But now I pretend that I am the Mad Hatter
For...

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From this angle the bushes do not conceal them.
Are they hinged or unhinging?
Each body is a prison gate for the other,
both seem stuck together by a pungent lip spit.
Feathering fingers pulse-play over gulping skin.
Greedy eyes...

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The blood-curdling screams through children cringing

A creaking voice of caskets unhinging

Vampires feasting in a paralyzed scene

A diabolical hell for an abduction fiend

Masses of wolves, mobsters and ghouls

Utilize debauchery and tricky on common day fools

With a...

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