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Recycle

A Poem by Ben Taylor

you gave me cardboardand I trusted it like stone.my foundation,the first things I learned -the cornerstones of myliteral personality.I had to build on..

CFS

A Poem by Ben Taylor

I ama rusty barrel.Filled to the brimwith guilt, themurky, unresolvedreligious self-hatredthat oxidizes my edgesand weakens my abilityto love.I am a d..

Salem

A Poem by Ben Taylor

the sun felt somehowmore substantialthe thick puffball-pilesof a fierce summerthe great boats of cumulousdriven by whiplash windsas they sailed I woul..

Growth Rings

A Poem by Ben Taylor

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A Waiting Game

A Poem by Ben Taylor

an endless sea of taupe nothingness,expansive and featureless,laps at my edges and rots away my frame.with the seasons, I expand, contract,crumble, an..

Instant Regret

A Poem by Ben Taylor

I should have spentmore time in my bodywhile it was stillnext to yours.Now my beardis full of tearsand my heartis empty.

Despair

A Poem by Ben Taylor

my rapid heartbeat is an erratic backbeatto the deafening TV static that has replaced all thoughtsThe rain thunders down around me,oil stains shimmeri..

2 A.M. Air

A Poem by Ben Taylor

Barefoot silence,tip toe taps on tile floors --the front door breathing in, out,as it is carefully closed.Spring is vibrant as it gusts and shiftsin t..

Well Worn

A Poem by Ben Taylor

There's someone beside methat needs space to breathe.There's someone inside of methat needs space to survive.I am slipping over trip wiresand navigati..

Solitude

A Poem by Ben Taylor

The evenings stretch longas we approach the solstice.A battalion of weightless warshipsstretches across a hazy horizon,blockading cooler windsfrom swe..