Boiling Water

The sun burns so hot, in August, if you have too much, be prepared to be attacked, the waters rise higher, defend, with all you've got, the second you give in, and fight back, you've lost, succumbed, and pulled into the ocean, a mermaid may wait, even demons get eaten, rocks thrown, ricochet, bitten, infected, we must all play, coronavirus, for me a tribulation is coming, I've stolen too much, from the heavens, I smoke too much, take breaks, I haven’t earned it yet, all that effort, defending, but my shield couldn’t hold on, it’s broken, a pierced mountain, who couldn’t get everything, death, the river flowing, just a man, meant to be forgotten…

Selling Dreams

I may be a beast, but we exist, we must find our way of survival, some open stores, become shopkeepers, others are forced to the streets, to do the work, get dirty, the machine churns, blood sausage, in a different world, I'm selling drugs, but I'm a poet, try some burnout water, it starts with customer service, then sales, then tomorrow, you’re a prostitute, selling yourself, the choices we make, the cookie crumbles, your father sees you, the world knows, your ability, what you’re good for, if I was at the starting line, I'd learn security protocols, technology, and I’d learn magick, it’s how I ended up here, a swordsman, casting magick, divination, making me sick, red string pulls, I don’t decide, attachment, pushing, fish biting, hooks, reeling it in...

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It's on Sale

I'm like a link in the chain, existing, for the sake of my father and mother's story, I work, I dream, a door ajar, for ghosts and demons, to walk through, my life is a road, my mind is a universe, interface, connection, negotiation, all this magick, the river flows, so much traffic, I wish I was a bumblebee, rolling around in lily nectar, I try too hard, too valuable, I'm desperate, just a virgin, and heaven's gates, some sort of overvalued dream…

Broken Rule

The mermaid pulled me in, sapped me of my power, the sun, and the moon's reflection, she took everything, consent, it makes the world go round, the apple, the snake wraps around, his lips, the tip, the blacksmith, hammering, life finds a way, we all sort of make it, even the bunnies, meant to be eaten, they work, and they pray, a link in the chain, a Pinoy, konichiwa, disrespect, strings broken, barriers, my life unraveling, his grave, his death, he was just a man…