Phalen Schuyler : Writing

Reflections

Reflections

A Poem by Phalen Schuyler


No one cares about what you write Your writing is just a crazed infatuation Brought about by bouts of anger The paper in front of you..
Derelicts

Derelicts

A Poem by Phalen Schuyler


If you look backwards,You’ll find rigid bones,A ring of thrown ragged stonesThe aftermath of “The Lottery”Contusions on our coresTat..
Sleepless, Is My Reply

Sleepless, Is My Reply

A Poem by Phalen Schuyler


Walked, and I walkedOn a white-brick road, sun-burned with ageStalked my sanity, but I lost her somewhere around townPassed a forest of trees bowed do..
I just put my boys to bed.

I just put my boys to bed.

A Story by Phalen Schuyler


I don't usually write like this.
Circus

Circus

A Poem by Phalen Schuyler


I spent, A sick amount of years in a circus tent Prancing and dancing with the wise old elephants Searing sleep, digging in deep Jabbing elbows a..
Cables

Cables

A Poem by Phalen Schuyler


Noisy security That’s not love, you know When the poised flounce about and hold their heads up high Barbed wire silence Bowed down, deform..
The Truth

The Truth

A Poem by Phalen Schuyler


I like to say that you went crazyBecause I just can’t condense all the catastrophe of youI am one to hold a grudgeSo I just don’t tell the..
Cold Cut

Cold Cut

A Poem by Phalen Schuyler


I barely remember myselfWhistling is like dancing, Shrieking is the new highI’d like to say I’m breaking evenCold cut clean with the other..
Doppelganger, falling

Doppelganger, falling

A Poem by Phalen Schuyler


Your stutters are flapping like shuttersAnd my doppelganger is slipping,Falling off the ceiling, hitting, flippingon the fan whirring, vendorremarkabl..