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MICHAEL ATKINS

Pores


I had to write a
Magical landscape poem
And I didn’t have anything
To look at, so I just
Looked at my arms.

The skin flows
From one pillar to
The next, Rippling and rolling
As it goes
The hair rockets out of holes
Across the plain
Leaping over
Abysmal darkness,
With no final destination

Is that a cliché?

I’ve never heard
“Abysmal darkness”
Used to describe
A freckle before.

 

Rusty Kitchen Knives

A thrifty blade
That’s what she used
He felt it walking the plank and plundering
She had penetrated him                                      
Role reversal we call it
Anguish, but sometimes it felt good
Kind of like the clap
Her eyes piratical                                                
She twisted the blade
His soul blank
Empty
Some now say he’s heartless.                               

 


Dreams of dandelions and silicone…

A wild thought for the weary mind… We are all a part of one big something; this “something,” as it is called connects all of us, making it impossible to completely alienate anyone. Hookers, dopers, killers, rapers, fuckers, bastards, psychos, bitches, and even priests are a part of all of us.

Wild thoughts occur to me in the French Alps amongst, snow, greenery, and even a bag of candy.


 

An Interesting Night

The twisting
The honking
The squeezing
The yelling
The burning
The wrenching
The skewering
The love

How nutty
How scary
How silly
How funny
How flimsy
How shaky
How flaky
How appropriate

Why burning
Why running
Why scraping
Why scratching
Why yelling
Why smiling
Why not smiling
Why not?
 

     
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