Whiles : Writing

Disdain

Disdain

A Poem by Whiles


Here I am, holding this vellum next to you, my darling. You, like this parchment, are thin and aesthetic and Important. I am ri..
Shiver

Shiver

A Poem by Whiles


I knew cruelty but I knew nothing of the world until I saw a snake shake with fear.
Unconcerned

Unconcerned

A Poem by Whiles


You have an ugly face and sigh in ALL the wrong places. Why can't I leave you alone? Something about your ugly smile and something about your br..
American Tom

American Tom

A Poem by Whiles


When the towers fell I counted american flags on jeep liberties and chevy trailblazers for almost a year today driving on the pa..
Patrician

Patrician

A Poem by Whiles


My mother was no beauty— long, thin face straight brown hair and mud-brown eyes. Her charming, blonde, voluptuous daughter..
Jurassic Prelude

Jurassic Prelude

A Poem by Whiles


I can’t wait until the Rapture— when America will return to wild God’s country Princeton will be choked with sa..
Number One

Number One

A by Whiles


What a fresh-faced picture I must have made, leaning against her, face upturned like a goddamn flower. “Say it again” I s..
What I Did On Summer Vacation

What I Did On Summer Vacation

A Poem by Whiles


What did I learn on summer vacation? That cold baked beans which should have been hot merit a punch to the jaw in a public place..
Night

Night

A Poem by Whiles


Night— long past when the jazz piano’s been locked safely in the billiard room; tall, long shapes throw firewood on t..
Lamothe

Lamothe

A Poem by Whiles


I do not want to buy that dress because it isn’t cellar door. I am not, either, cellar door, but in a dress I am much l..