Typhoid Kelsey : Writing

A secret 'Why?'

A secret \'Why?\'

A Poem by Typhoid Kelsey


What did I do?
Looks like rage.

Looks like rage.

A Poem by Typhoid Kelsey


Addressed to my younger brother.
Given up.

Given up.

A Poem by Typhoid Kelsey


I retch and, convulse and heave Dirty tile floor, clinging to porcelain -I'm so tired, I can't keep doing this- a shell that in any other time wou..
Seven-Year Blood Trail.

Seven-Year Blood Trail.

A Poem by Typhoid Kelsey


I hear dogma echoing through my house ideals from people who are terribly blind or very strong- I am small and see too much. I listen to the same o..
The Unseen.

The Unseen.

A Poem by Typhoid Kelsey


My paintbrushes are all nubs now-rubbed away like tinder-twigs dipped in invisible ink for messages in bottles and secret codes screaming what's to..
Olive: The Girl Who Cried to Save the World.

Olive: The Girl Who Cried to Save the World.

A Story by Typhoid Kelsey


After traumatized by watching the evening news, young Olive learns she cries dimes. Her father sells her out for a good cause--to save the world by ma..
Spindle-wrists.

Spindle-wrists.

A Poem by Typhoid Kelsey


Frail and sickly spindle-wrists not terminal but still legit and prone to shaky tremble fits she'd try to sleep but never deep it seems her brain..
Manic No.1

Manic No.1

A Poem by Typhoid Kelsey


I don't remember writing this because it was written on no sleep in the dark in a manic phase so make of it what you will.
If God, Then Why

If God, Then Why

A Poem by Typhoid Kelsey


I don't find the idea of God difficult to believe, I just find his methods confusing. IF Suicide is such a sin- IF Your body is a temple- IF ..
Ghost

Ghost

A Poem by Typhoid Kelsey


I saw your face today On someone else's body disproportionate to yours. It was strange to see you there even if it wasn't really you even if you ..

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