Notorious• Show poetry

notorious; formerly phantasyintrigue-x
–adjective
1. widely and unfavorably known: a notorious gambler.
2. publicly or generally known, as for a particular trait:
a newspaper that is notorious for its sensationalism.

Clouds © Amber Tamblyn

 

My mother said my shadow often looked like a cloud.
I said I often felt like one.

 

doppelganger © apples fell

train rails from montana
ship oak trees
and the smallest birds
( not yet able to fly )
but at least
afternoon clouds orbit

I read the walls of my hotel
stars out of pattern as backdrop

the riverbed outside
becomes a selfish mouth of water
fish corpses and fog

your head in the frame warps a bit
while sorrow illuminates the
deterioration of rumor

I watch shadows crook
like a fresh self
as floating lights extinguish
the ark of slumber

 

obvious. © aanika-xox

I want to be that person outside bakeries,
slicing more than razors through my viewpoint
and be able to call it expression

 

levity © apples fell

(excerpt)

I tell the priest to leave candle sticks
the séance will be performed alone-
to reach higher forms of levity
I must be stricken at the knees with guilt:
he can not enter the room
not for any reason-
and he must leave jesus on his cross
when he crawls back up the stairs
to my dingy book of washed up paragraphs
held stupidly close.

the shape in my back pocket starts to slide:
you can make out the word "bitch"
carved into its splintered frame and though I
understand now more than ever
I'm almost sure your chest has changed underneath
since I stopped breathing through
my ultra-thin arteries-
standing over the pecker wood my daddy
likes to throw into the fire.

 

at the diner © Sailor Ptolema

It was a bright September afternoon;
I sat across from grandpa in a large booth
happily sipping my chocolate milk with a spoon
to please my sweet tooth.

He leaned in, said he had a secret to share
and from his pocket pulled a crisp dollar bill.
With careful hands he began to fold a square
as I watched stock-still.

The finished piece, an origami bow tie,
he placed on the table as a surprise tip.
Hand-in-hand, I thought next time I’d like to try,
leaving with a skip.

 

♥ AP Family&Friends ♥

nifty;

cast a spell

<--page made by Sharcu, tag by LadyDementia

 

hey Dick
you can't forget a dilettante
the same way you can't
avoid newsprint -
your greedy fingers pull
nonexistent ropes

you say it's a ghost
and this is how it's done -
this is impermanence: ∞

-Jessica;