Tkess : Writing

The Night Is Just Ripe For Us All

The Night Is Just Ripe For Us All

A Poem by Tkess


I see the vultures circling Penn Street Rats wear hoods on this side of town I can’t seem to get my bearings It’s uns..
Hero For A Day

Hero For A Day

A Poem by Tkess


Entrenched with my enemy Hanging on the horns Do you see it there? My reminder Because it is so easy to forget Battle ..
7:14, dirty pigeons, nicotine, dirty thoughts

7:14, dirty pigeons, nicotine, dirty thoughts

A Poem by Tkess


Movements slowed, thoughts drift, head lost Whisky drank, punch-drunk, room dark Streetlights on, TV off, radio low Nothing’s right..
Cold Shoulders and Torn Naugahyde

Cold Shoulders and Torn Naugahyde

A Poem by Tkess


Shivering replies in the Naugahyde booths Cold shoulders ‘neath the heated neon The lights cut like daggers I’m not d..
One Too Many

One Too Many

A Poem by Tkess


The gigolo’s jumpin’ routines Down the purple morning avenue And the stars aren’t winking They’ve gone st..
Charlotte, NC

Charlotte, NC

A Chapter by Tkess


The lakes like puddles The gods have been dancing In this ethereal garden These people Are cockroaches Not ants At touch..
Myrtle Beach, SC

Myrtle Beach, SC

A Chapter by Tkess


Broadway rape fest Bloody and battered Stagger From the edge Slip and slid Through the night The heat burns As..
Baltimore, MD

Baltimore, MD

A Chapter by Tkess


bright lights blind us from the capitalist sewer the smell is rank and slightly sweet Inner Harbor no inner sanctu..
Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh, PA

A Chapter by Tkess


Pittsburgh My city My love It exhales steel exhaust Sins are washed away By the three rivers The city-lights pierce Fro..