Ruminating Archaeologist : Writing

Clay Statues

Clay Statues

A Poem by Ruminating Archaeologist


you almost seem / like your teardrops are your / sympathies / and you cry over all your broken dreams / but they suddenly it's day.
Scoliosis

Scoliosis

A Poem by Ruminating Archaeologist


There’s a place in between where my vertebrae meet And the notochord supplying a small speck Of pain in my lower back that Makes my eyes wate..
Flames

Flames

A Poem by Ruminating Archaeologist


"There's so much sadness here and so much hurt." "I want, in a way, to take a lighter to these pages."
Upchuck

Upchuck

A Story by Ruminating Archaeologist


"Sometimes, you make me feel like throwing up." I blinked, frowned, and looked up from my survey. "What?" She shrugged in thought. "Like, you make..
5 to 10 to 16

5 to 10 to 16

A Poem by Ruminating Archaeologist


some things. written around last week, but posting now because I like it better now. I was sort of on the fence about putting it in my journal thing o..
Verisimilitude

Verisimilitude

A Poem by Ruminating Archaeologist


hard to believe I've written 140 poems. I'm glad. maybe one day I can make a book of these for myself? I'd...really like to do that, now...
Trigger Finger

Trigger Finger

A Story by Ruminating Archaeologist


I scuff the ground with my shoe and then draw the gun from my hoodie. I point the barrel directly at the taller one's head, and grin when they flinch...
Infinite Loop

Infinite Loop

A Story by Ruminating Archaeologist


My fingers are numb. I don't know when I started playing, but all I know is that I haven't stopped.
Blister

Blister

A Poem by Ruminating Archaeologist


"opening with a flick of the wrist; the knife shines in the pale of the night. steady hand and a firm shove to the ground, the palms of my hands me..
Stained Glasswork

Stained Glasswork

A Poem by Ruminating Archaeologist


I feel like I'm stuck between two walls it's quiet here, and no one's around but don't worry, I'm not suffocating, I just feel like I'm powerless..