Falling Apart Versus Fell
Jenkins broke another clipboard yesterday. Someone threw a mouse and took out an ‘Exit’ sign. I think I heard Mallowitz crying in her cubicle on Friday. They…
I Wonder Where She Goes
You know, I just wonder where she goes. Everybody has places to go, but it’s different with her. I’m just lounging around and I’ll see her fumble down the…
Unsatisfied
My mornings are conducted in silence more often than not (with you still tangled up in your bedsheets when I rise to greet the dawn). Little wisps of your hair…
at paranoia's poison door
suffocating choke on your thoughts vile gases fill the lungs invade the alveoli stumble hit a locked cellar-door tripping over assumed steps grasping the…
I fucking hate exams
My hand scribbles “good luck”s and “all the best”s on sweating paper that cringes in stress. The words are weightless and their meanings fade into whispered…
Head Above Water
These days pass by in blurs One after another after another Until they are all just one long Day that never ends and never starts I feel like I’m spinning in…
Composure.
“Do I pray now? Should I pray?” “Hell, I’ve never prayed a day in my life and I shouldn’t start just because of this.” “Even if I started, who would I pray…
Subject: Stressy
To: Benjamin Wood OK OK! Stressy much?! I’m 16, but I’m nearly 17 so you shouldn’t be that much older than me. And I do admit maybe it was an eensy weensy tiny…
Insomnia poem
It’s late at night & I can’t sleep I’ve switched off the light & I’ve tried counting sheep. That’s not odd for me, I’m from Aberdeen, where men & sheep are…
Deal Gone Wrong
Something wasn’t right here. It felt different. Jeff walked up to the plain, gray door of the house he’d been forced to visit, far too many times. Three quick…
Hurry Up and Wait
Rob was completely spent. His client had been in such a rush, they demanded that he have something to show by Monday. So Rob worked all weekend. Toiled long…
Riveted, Barely Breathing
It was the head tilt. His head was looking down at her and tilted slightly to the right. He was going to kiss her. You could see his desire smoldering behind…
Pressure
There’s nobody looking over my shoulder. I’m not up on a stage. There is no audience listening. Nobody is waiting to read this. I have no deadline. Nobody will…