Poetry

When the Street Signs Melt

November 6, 2023 2 0 Ian Dundas

I want to watch the Rimrocks cry during a heavy rain that spews it’s tears into the basements of those who are dumb enough to live underneath while the Shop Vacs clog and turn to mold. I want the street…

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Observations While Sitting At Walker’s Watching Cars Go By

October 30, 2023 2 0 Ian Dundas

I can’t decide if my chest pains are from anxiety or heart burn. Punishing myself for the past. Heartache. What I do know… The wind blows sticks off trees and those sticks multiply when you pick them up. Bartenders fail…

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A Mother. A Proxy.

October 30, 2023 6 0 Guest Contributor

by Tezcatli Mariah Diaz Warm and soft cheeks brace for my privileged lips Sweet daughter Hija querida I proxy for those who didn’t ask for it I hold you close for the unjust goodbyes of the day Legacies of inocencia…

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Side Exit

October 23, 2023 Like 0 Ian Dundas

A proper suicide should be an Irish goodbye. Out the side exit stage left You duck out without a word leaving a scene a place that you didn’t want to be part of. A lifetime trying to escape and the…

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Thoughts On Good Friday While Having A Late Afternoon Drink At Doc Harper’s | Whiskey and Words

September 11, 2023 Like 0 Ian Dundas

I have never frozen to death while passed out in a snow bank but I’ve gotten hypothermia sitting next to a loved one. The worst place to puke is in the shower still drunk while Conway Twitty sings of Linda…

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Perfectly Flipping Eggs | Whiskey and Words

September 11, 2023 Like 0 Ian Dundas

I love breakfast foods / bacon, hash browns / two eggs over easy / with an English muffin. / It’s my favorite breakfast / and my second favorite dinner.

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Lost Words

September 7, 2023 6 0 redtornado

Maybe when you hear me speak You miss my despair so bleak, My person, my one true love Can’t hear me from way high above, He’s left, and I’m not sure if he’s coming back I pray and wish for…

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