Friday, October 30, 2009

The Deaths Of Millions









I have spoken to the rest of the world and we all feel sorry for you. Because we get to look at you but all you have to look at, is us.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

The Last Place We Saw Them






















Gasping for air and sanity. Moon and stars and clouds and night. Out of breath and breathless. Pillows and sheets and blankets and you. I will drown in this bed. They say it’s just like going to sleep.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

The New Species

I want to weave you into me. Stick your thorns in and grow. Bleed sap and feel this shining light. Grow strange leaves. Bear this fruit. Share this soil. Bury ourselves. Reach for the sun. Strip this bark. Carve a name and a heart into me. Please.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

The Train After Dinner






















The food in French restaurants turns to bread and water without you.

Monday, October 26, 2009

The Absence Of Oxygen

















Forget the air. I'll breathe you instead.

Friday, October 23, 2009

The Helix






















To be soft like plasticine. Each step you fall down lending a hand to you. Shaping you. Rather than stopping you.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

The Mechanics Of Puppetry















I guess I should say thank you, for cutting all my strings. But if it's all the same to you, I wish you'd left my wings.