Poetry Blog by Zach Dafoe
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astrology (03/30/2021)
aspirated dews
cast cold , and pale
precipitate of wanton whiles
haunted
by the nape
of your neck
caught breathless
in midst-step:
off balance in static
the bright charge of greyn eyes
and a coy, knowing curl,
a shift in the ether
rousing in wake
soft-lashed and comfort-quiet trembles
replete with the distant kiss of brambles
and it feels
so
real
that it can't be as far...
Tuesday 30th March 2021 10:27 am
the comments section (03/23/2021)
thru spider legged silk
slid dissonance
to beget grocery lists
by the hungers of bristling,
wrestless tithe takers
now meet makers
at the ends of the earth
carried by arachnid conveyor belts
(digestive polyps, if you will
but you wont)
and this poisonous ride through a vacuum--
or at least, the vacuous--
ends
in a convenient
gift shop.
Tuesday 23rd March 2021 12:40 pm
brindle II (02/11/2021)
tongues tide
lapsing where the fire's inside
purchase granted in crevices born
anew; those defining, wracking moments
where we may whet our ruse:
fleshlessness disguised
as godlessness.
they called me Brindle:
baptized by brine and bristle
brushed steeline, raising thistles
where my lust for life was thought to be
the nuturance of dead. weight.
they called me Br...
Thursday 11th February 2021 3:31 pm
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