SkinlessFrank : Writing

Nature's half acre

Nature's half acre

A Poem by SkinlessFrank


a silverfish oncecrawled into the side of my mouth when I was asleep the eggs she laid there glisteni..
Heirlooms

Heirlooms

A Poem by SkinlessFrank


you oncedreamed of a melon and the boy who butchered it with a ballpoint pen as though he was carving out the ba..
adult children (number 1)

adult children (number 1)

A Poem by SkinlessFrank


my adult children have become cuddly now they plop themselves down on the couch next to me wedg..
cowboys

cowboys

A Poem by SkinlessFrank


tall tales from the days of my adolescence
aging

aging

A Poem by SkinlessFrank


i’m still using yesterday’s technology floppy disks shoehorns codpieces and can’t be..
exist-ence

exist-ence

A Poem by SkinlessFrank


it's been said that if one could somehowmanage toall at oncebendspaceand time then one could traveleven faster..
hardware

hardware

A Poem by SkinlessFrank


i wonder how it would be to slip a cotter pin into my eye flare open the brass ends and dream of yesterda..
Morning Ride

Morning Ride

A Poem by SkinlessFrank


Last Monday morning On a rusting 10-speedI rode along the cold St. Lawrence Under an iron bridge built first for locomotives. That drips now ..
carrots

carrots

A Poem by SkinlessFrank


i’m watching the lost shoppers push their carts through the produce aisle looking for something theyonce upo..
metamorphic

metamorphic

A Poem by SkinlessFrank


she came into my bedroom holding a fishhook and a plastic glove and in her calmest voice explained ..