Poems from Turtlesdove
Able bodies broken
Songs of struggle and bonds
Release our hearts to humanity
Join in the teaming throngs
Together in commons
Multitudes...
By a gurgling broken pipe
a pool ebbs and shrinks
quiet our lassitude before the brink
taken of slender sexton
bellringers and gravediggers...
Staple gun to my head
Pin it closed the gaps of dread
Leaving out the slips of blood
Creeping forward pools of red
Wash my hands are...
It creeps up my leg
and oozes out my eyes
I squeeze out a tear
before the sun makes our demise
Permanent and plastic
Flexible and see-...
Squids and sequins
dance for cheap ribbons
spilt upon the floor
one drink or four
stuck under my shoe
toilet paper or a balloon
clean or...