Vol : Writing

LAST TANGO

LAST TANGO

A Poem by Vol


My back hurts all the time. And it’s getting worse.“Bring someoneto drive you homeand don’t eatanything past midnightthe day ..
EVERYTHING WAS REAL

EVERYTHING WAS REAL

A Poem by Vol


Mama’s garden is a collage of indelibles that are greater than the sum of my parts. They are the stones of which I’m..
SOMETIMES

SOMETIMES

A Poem by Vol


my thoughts become bubbles so I lean back, tilt my head, and think... What is all this? I mean, “For real?” in my little..
LAMENT

LAMENT

A Poem by Vol


Sometimes stuff is so fine I can’t even deal with it, so I just ride on by... And think. If I were walking? Th..
IN OUR BRAVE NEW WORLD

IN OUR BRAVE NEW WORLD

A Poem by Vol


Real poems are hardto come by... You know,the ones that don’t drown in the lace of adjectives and adverbs, whose nouns are oak, whose ..
LA DOLCE

LA DOLCE

A Poem by Vol


She whispers and tickles just inside your ear, "Let me show you something!" You know her sea is deep and green and blue and sailing ther..
RED RED WINE

RED RED WINE

A Poem by Vol


It is nasty here in this broken down prison. It’s old, has holes wheremortarheld it together before back surgerywas a band aid. At l..
ETHEREAL

ETHEREAL

A Poem by Vol


ETHEREAL I’ve read the ancients could not see blue and it was the last color named. How, I wonder, did the sky appear to them, or..
SUBMERGED

SUBMERGED

A Poem by Vol


Have I died yet, I wonder? The whole business takes so long. I wonder why? Especially since a long time isn’t, really. A..
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW

THE LAST PICTURE SHOW

A Poem by Vol


I’d never heard of Jefferson, Texas, but we stopped at their local Micky’s for a large, unsweet iced tea. I waited while you ..