Ranger Kessel : Writing

Anxiety

Anxiety

A Poem by Ranger Kessel


In a moment of desperation: the little streak on the wallpaper, the fly on the ceiling, the carpet glue separating from the floor, the position of the..
A Ring of Hope

A Ring of Hope

A Poem by Ranger Kessel


Standing together on the brink. Impassioned in hope. A desperate testament. A reverent stand against melancholy. Solitude. Two souls, ..
Dwindling Cigarettes

Dwindling Cigarettes

A Poem by Ranger Kessel


High beams knife low fog billows. Wipers slash rapid across fractured windshield. Purple streaks lacerate red, twilight sky. Thunder clash..
Bubbleville Square

Bubbleville Square

A Poem by Ranger Kessel


were fishes with spots. Horns made of rubber and cakes filled with air. Pots stuffed with crumpets and confetti filled the air. Plaid painted knicke..
Icicles

Icicles

A Poem by Ranger Kessel


It sits on the table. Its dried needles adorned with tinsel. Icicles hanging over a red bow tied round a purple vase. The tinsel that clogs the vac..
Black Coffee

Black Coffee

A Poem by Ranger Kessel


I wonder if god ever wakes up and just hates his f*****g dress. Wonders why he was ever into snake skin in the first place. Why hearing Blue Hawaii ma..
Chalk

Chalk

A Poem by Ranger Kessel


She smelled like chalk More of a wet pavement, humid afternoon, dirt under the fingernails, gravel in the knee, scraped elbow, dirty shoe, gum che..
Another Morning

Another Morning

A Poem by Ranger Kessel


Good morning sun. Slinking through the blind with a bend in it, the perfect light to scramble my egg. Two slices of burnt toast slathered with bu..
Good Morning

Good Morning

A Poem by Ranger Kessel


Good morning coffee. My sexy, styrofoam clad, milky, sugary b*****d. I love the groove of your curve. You steamy, hot mess. I want you dribbled across..
A Trespass

A Trespass

A Poem by Ranger Kessel


I remember. An unforgiven trespass. A marred face. Black polyps. Tulips of blue. Navy pupils submerged. Crackles of violent red. ..