SkinlessFrank : Writing

In Purgatory

In Purgatory

A Poem by SkinlessFrank


in purgatoryyou awakealone each morning in the samesemen-stained underwear it’s dark butyou have to be at work at 8:30 in purgatory..
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 ..
the pig who joined Mensa

the pig who joined Mensa

A Poem by SkinlessFrank


he was just thata fetal pig but not the kindyou dissectedin high school biologyand oh boywas he was lazyhe loved his corn and in darker momentsh..
anatomically-correct manikans

anatomically-correct manikans

A Poem by SkinlessFrank


he fell asleepon my shouldera total strangernext time I saw himhe was on a slababdomen splayed opena butterflied lamb lega nursewhisperedexcitement wa..
mistakes

mistakes

A Poem by SkinlessFrank


my mother always said consume only the most digestible of oilsand not the ones that congeal ..
rat's nest

rat's nest

A Poem by SkinlessFrank


inside Elvis’ digital pompadour there’s a constitutional oligarchy and a harelip and you watch ..
Rust

Rust

A Poem by SkinlessFrank


when i was a boy we’d climb the suspension bridges hoist ourselves up to the cables and grab on glo..
the Zapruder film

the Zapruder film

A Poem by SkinlessFrank


by this point in the film, Kennedy had already been hit by the first shot....and the crazy clock just kept ticking
End of Time: An Oral History

End of Time: An Oral History

A Poem by SkinlessFrank


i came across an unknown tribe in a forest of steel and cinder blocks..