jacob erin-cilberto : Writing

affording new fixtures

affording new fixtures

A Poem by jacob erin-cilberto


affording new fixturesthe sump pumpcannot clear the frictiondispose of the wasted regretsi loved you once,but something rancidstopped up the heart's e..
i think they served fish that day

i think they served fish that day

A Poem by jacob erin-cilberto


i think they served fish that dayi met him at his last dinner tablethe roses across the roomdrew his attentionwhat little he had left,his gaze set upo..
slipping beneath the hard cover of a New York night

slipping beneath the hard cover of a New York nigh..

A Poem by jacob erin-cilberto


slipping beneath the hard cover of a New York night if skyscrapers came in chapters rather than stories how many pages high wo..
in the afterlife of you

in the afterlife of you

A Poem by jacob erin-cilberto


in the afterlife of youfinessing the feelingsthe underbelly of painassuaging the after-touch to the heartrejoicing in reflectionthe palpable nature of..
Who's There

Who's There

A Poem by jacob erin-cilberto


Who's Therebehind the eyesthe real vision occursnightmares that glowin a monster's closeti am the child under the coversi am the parent with the flash..
when the moon's chill comes ashore

when the moon's chill comes ashore

A Poem by jacob erin-cilberto


when the moon's chill comes ashorewillows bow with graceinside the confines of my yardone i was sordidly proud ofwhen time stood stillbefore friends e..
another day in November

another day in November

A Poem by jacob erin-cilberto


another day in Novembersome armed some notbroken piecespuzzles of warnothing fits back into lifeafter,the induction, seduction, reductionof body,of he..
amorous fossils

amorous fossils

A Poem by jacob erin-cilberto


amorous fossils bones of lovers covered with soft sod recently filled-in graves of graphic pain skeletons of relationship..
beginnings

beginnings

A Poem by jacob erin-cilberto


beginnings strange flakes. snowy conceptions of life in storage about to be unlocked december wilderness explored within ..
endings

endings

A Poem by jacob erin-cilberto


endingsnovemberbare sticks, undressed toothpickswhat's left of the foliage of summerand then its fall,and we are cold,thermostats turned offlike the h..