JR : Writing

Playing Dead

Playing Dead

A Poem by JR


When I was younger I trained to be a lifeguard so I could teach kids to swim and they made us do a bunch of crazy s**t like carry bricks up fr..
Bukowski

Bukowski

A Poem by JR


Now that’s a f*****g unreasonable statement, isn’t it? -Charles Bukowski Like Bukowski I find both drink and death welcome, let ..
Whiskey And Gin

Whiskey And Gin

A Poem by JR


Of all the places for my bones to rest, I wonder why it’s here where I can’t buy guns but I can get full strength beer, it’..
Like Poison

Like Poison

A Poem by JR


Her kiss gets under his skin it works its way in, like poisonhis heartbeat quickens, his eyes dilate as the venom sets in injected into the m..
Wild Roses

Wild Roses

A Poem by JR


There is no reason to not climb that fence and find where the wild roses grow no reason to not be drunk, no reason to not think no reason no..
Savages

Savages

A Poem by JR


Stood in the rain, let it wash over me, caress my naked skin with rivulets of water and something that sounded as thunder made ..
The Shiver

The Shiver

A Poem by JR


Interested I am in the little death that starts in the chakras and moves out like a shiver, like a shiver in the dark from the center l..
Ego Death

Ego Death

A Poem by JR


I am interested in the death of my ego I am interested in opening many windows I am interested in long nights that smell like rain and cotton..
The Judge

The Judge

A Poem by JR


I feel them now, in a way I didn’t before the heavy weight of all those eyes resting on my lines the weight of all those mind consu..
The Body

The Body

A Poem by JR


Walking in the woods, he turned to me and he said, nothing is ever dead until I see the body and I laughed it off because he was talking of h..