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To the Serpent

A Poem by JR

--To the serpent we are the scalesundulating along divine waterswe sail as onethe body attached to the headfilled with financial blottersa little exis..

Resin

A Poem by JR

scene: basementyellowing the carpetyellowing the door and frame delicately nickedyellowing the postersyellowing the window glass the window paneyellow..

Catfish

A Poem by JR

one longcatfishmottledancientshadow fleckedscales alignedbelly in the slimewatching the surface tensionfor fliesflicks his spined tailthis way and the..

watching snakes

A Poem by JR

If you watcha snakelong enougheventuallyit willshed its skinleave behindghostsleavesshredsfeatherspinwheelsan agonyofits history;fatterit waitsuntil i..

Thoughts about thoughts

A Poem by JR

my thoughts should be my thoughts my thoughts should not be your thoughts your thoughts should be your thoughts your thoughts should ..

Nom D'Guerre

A Poem by JR

“Guerre” means “war” but this feels a lot more like a clown circus which used to make me laugh because I know the idiom is sup..

Scrooge McDuck

A Poem by JR

Soon we’ll buy all our drugs from the government stamped pure and concentrated we will be hemmed in soon we’ll be stuck in little habs on ..

I Plucked an Apple

A Poem by JR

-The world is a no good place full of no good peoplestanding in lines at the market or queueing endlessly in uneven rowslike lambs led to the no good ..

So Many Stones

A Poem by JR

So many stonesthrown intothe watermaking waves;Standing inthe shallowsunder boughsonly ripples;Always wonderwhen the weightof the waveswill finallyfin..

Become the Beast

A Poem by JR

So the question I guess is do I embrace the monster that is me? Give into greed and thievery give into the curse words and the slamming of hands on en..