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Poems by Alpha Rats Nest, by newest first

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  • Sloshed (Chapter One)
    The blood was staining his ceiling again. Levi crumpled the notebook page in frustration and tossed it over his shoulder. It landed a foot away from the small wire trashcan in the corner. He got up from his desk. How the fuck
    by Alpha Rats Nest 72 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 13 1:07 AM
  • An Unfinished Story About a Train
    A broken stone corral formed the base of the remains of an old fort. Pink, gray slab. Dead grass and tall, crooked trees seemed to move by
    by Alpha Rats Nest 184 lines, on Nov 13 12:57 AM
  • St. Augustine (I Turn Around)
    I turn around, turn around for the worse
    If you’re talking about reliving things,
    by Alpha Rats Nest 57 lines, on Nov 13 12:51 AM
  • Devil In The Diner
    “Boy you look like your mommy din’ love ya. Like maybe your daddy hit you one too many good ones upside the skull.” He gave a laugh that so
    by Alpha Rats Nest 121 lines, on Nov 13 12:25 AM
  • Gone Wired
    SEARS TOWER, CHICAGO, 3:23 PM OCTOBER 6
    by Alpha Rats Nest 11 lines, on Oct 9 10:53 PM
  • Penn County
    We are naked in her bed making love and the whine of the tornado siren mixes with the nasally cadence of John Darnielle, my favorite singer. She stops nibbling my ear to ask me:
    by Alpha Rats Nest 41 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 9 10:47 PM
  • Road Poem #1
    We hit the rode and we kept going west
    Couldn’t shake the feeling of dread off of my chest,
    by Alpha Rats Nest 21 lines, on Oct 9 10:44 PM
  • When I Went Back To Piedmont
    She held her head high when she poured the shots into the double-glasses, as if to let it be known that she did not belong in here with the rest of us. Her hair, brown and on fire with natural streaks of strawblonde, had gray
    by Alpha Rats Nest 21 lines, on Apr 19 3:49 PM
  • Easy Life Home For The Mentally Disturbed
    Eddie had profound dementia and thought I was his Saint Bernard that had been dead for three decades. Mrs. Kincaid talked of nothing except
    by Alpha Rats Nest 5 lines, on Apr 19 3:44 PM
  • We Grow Up Young
    much as the infant
    nurses a bottle of formula
    by Alpha Rats Nest 7 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 19 3:42 PM
  • Coffeehouse Dreamer
    a man
    with a headset on,
    by Alpha Rats Nest 11 lines, on Apr 19 2:13 PM
  • Systems
    I think that the closest I've ever come to perfection
    is when you told me that I was your spine.
    by Alpha Rats Nest 42 lines, on Apr 15 9:49 PM
  • Giltner
    An Epson projector, waste of electricity.
    Words I've seen hundreds of times before,
    by Alpha Rats Nest 8 lines, on Apr 15 9:38 PM
  • Cuernavaca
    Mexican sun the same
    that day as in Kalamazoo
    by Alpha Rats Nest 12 lines, on Apr 15 9:34 PM
  • Garden Friends
    Hidden
    under the blanket,
    by Alpha Rats Nest 8 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 1 10:11 AM 2008
  • Attention: Emergency Exit Only!
    The fire spread to the balcony,
    and the only difference between you and me
    by Alpha Rats Nest 20 lines, on Oct 1 10:07 AM 2008
  • No
    Stream of unconsciousness,
    red and black river boiling over
    by Alpha Rats Nest 11 lines, on Oct 1 10:01 AM 2008
  • Heart Worm
    Sexual harassment directed toward students,
    tight, tattered t-shirts and taped up wrists
    by Alpha Rats Nest 19 lines, on Oct 1 9:58 AM 2008
  • The Woods
    He knew these woods. The oak trees. The evergreen pines, their needles a mixture of bitter mint and sap. The dead leaves that coated the gr
    by Alpha Rats Nest 0 lines, on Sep 5 7:34 PM 2008
  • Yellow Seagulls
    Strange overhead trajectories
    fulfilled basically backward
    by Alpha Rats Nest 20 lines, 1 comment, on Sep 2 11:33 PM 2008
  • Cultural Survival
    Drink every weekend
    go to class when you have to,
    by Alpha Rats Nest 14 lines, on Sep 2 11:29 PM 2008
  • Sharks In The Water
    Out on the ocean
    and we're pretty much dead
    by Alpha Rats Nest 14 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 21 1:24 AM 2008
  • White Line
    Candle burns down to its base not enough stars
    by Alpha Rats Nest 8 lines, on Jul 1 6:29 PM 2008
  • Paranoia
    Images Burned onto my retinas
    by Alpha Rats Nest 18 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 19 2:53 AM 2008
  • One
    I am trying to cut my way through these cliches
    by Alpha Rats Nest 11 lines, on Jun 6 3:02 AM 2008
  • Zero
    the cars and the trucks
    behind the divider wall
    by Alpha Rats Nest 53 lines, on Jun 5 1:50 AM 2008
  • This City's Got Rats
    Your city's got rats and it snows once a year
    by Alpha Rats Nest 20 lines, 1 comment, on May 22 12:07 AM 2008
  • Just Because We Use Cheats, Doesn't Mean We're Not Smart
    You are doing that thing again. The one you always do
    by Alpha Rats Nest 23 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 28 12:45 AM 2008
  • The Birch Tree
    There's a birch tree in the sand, surrounded by saw grass and jagged rock
    by Alpha Rats Nest 41 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 27 2:15 AM 2008
  • I'm The Only One
    Writing lonely words as I sit here
    by Alpha Rats Nest 6 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 25 11:47 PM 2008
  • Graveyard Art
    I am the master of all things formal, as I stand here
    by Alpha Rats Nest 27 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 21 2:25 PM 2008
  • No Point In This World
    Rancid sunday frozen dinners
    Popping Vicodins
    by Alpha Rats Nest 13 lines, on Apr 21 2:32 AM 2008
  • Go Through Life
    Fold some coffee Eat a rake
    by Alpha Rats Nest 7 lines, on Apr 21 2:27 AM 2008
  • Sound Clips The Hair (Nightengale Mach Cross Echo) Part 1 of 28
    Black bird far west side of town sings a lonely tune, monotonous but nevertheless sweet,
    by Alpha Rats Nest 17 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 21 2:23 AM 2008
  • Tension In Southwestern Minnesota
    Milk, like blood dripping down your forehead and into your eyes
    by Alpha Rats Nest 23 lines, on Apr 21 2:17 AM 2008
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