Tkess : Writing

Christmas Morning (In the Drunk Tank)

Christmas Morning (In the Drunk Tank)

A Poem by Tkess


I woke up in the drunk tank on Christmas morn’ You told me “Don’t even think about comin’ home” Laying here st..
Fake Plastic Life

Fake Plastic Life

A Poem by Tkess


She uses her plastic green watering can To water her fake green shrubbery With little plastic gnomes She is the queen of her fake..
The Future is Written

The Future is Written

A Poem by Tkess


The future is written By little Guatemalan children With a giant cross for the T The future is written By generations of b..
An Evening Stroll

An Evening Stroll

A Poem by Tkess


I throw shadows at passersby As a hard rain falls With weathered veins My pessimism fills no cup Leaves fall, the multicolored foliage ..
Midtown Lullaby

Midtown Lullaby

A Poem by Tkess


Women like this’ll just lay you out stiff Shoes untied, but I’m staring down a goodbye There ain’t much else on my..
The Screen Door to the Soul

The Screen Door to the Soul

A Poem by Tkess


My eyes turn to an inattentive god Jesters dancing in the streets These emperors are nude And deaf And dumb My eyes tur..
Twilight

Twilight

A Chapter by Tkess


The way the light hits this town The shadows look like skeletons All the weeds look like dead rats that couldn’t quite Make it through ..
Morning

Morning

A Chapter by Tkess


The morning finally rises to meet us And rip us from the night Like an aborted fetus Bloody and silent Nothing left to say Just sta..
Evening

Evening

A Chapter by Tkess


We breed dream-like delusions Beneath the moon’s beacon Like a police helicopter’s searchlight Avoiding the moments While..