Mockingbird : Writing

INSOMNIA

INSOMNIA

A Chapter by Mockingbird


three hour showersfour a.m. the nurse is stressednot a case for guards
ROOMMATES

ROOMMATES

A Chapter by Mockingbird


she stands over mebut no utensil tonighteveryone's asleep
SAD-GLAD

SAD-GLAD

A Chapter by Mockingbird


relatives come outecstatic to see you madwishes do come true
SPADES

SPADES

A Chapter by Mockingbird


spades keeps us all sanethey barely put up with mestill need to stay sane
RULES

RULES

A Chapter by Mockingbird


smoke in the showertell them to smoke in your roomit was them, not you
QUOTIDIAN

QUOTIDIAN

A Chapter by Mockingbird


karl wants to kill methrew his coffee at my facejust another day
THE 7TH FLOOR

THE 7TH FLOOR

A Chapter by Mockingbird


let's all bend oversecurity guards are hereit's the easy way
SLEEPWALKING

SLEEPWALKING

A Chapter by Mockingbird


already four daysdaytime somnambulismcloser to discharge
IT'S VELCRO

IT'S VELCRO

A Chapter by Mockingbird


in four-point restraintsescape true to houdinian eighty-pound shell
NEXT STOP

NEXT STOP

A Poem by Mockingbird


an airtight smileloiters on herempty face.at first it transfixesthen perplexes the beholder.she sits amidst crowded pewslistening to closing doorsand ..