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A Poem by Michael Atherton


Wrote this Who-Knows-How-Long ago! Posting it on here because I can still connect to it. Home will always be home.
Miss You

Miss You

A Poem by Michael Atherton


A random, late-night scrawl I made last November. Didn't know what else to do with it. Maybe to be spoken?
Ellipse

Ellipse

A Poem by Michael Atherton


You talk to fill the distance betweenThe top of your headAnd the ceiling.Sometimes, there is no roof.Your roots are firmly plantedAs mine are; in fami..
Compression

Compression

A Poem by Michael Atherton


DesperatelyWading out of the numbersThe sky blue cornerMocks itselfIt all mocks meSealed up in a letterTurmoil is not an expressionIt's a state in com..
Impatient

Impatient

A Poem by Michael Atherton


It makes me acheTo see your foot shake,To feel our furniture weigh lessThan when I was crawlingIn diapers you endured.I'd apologize if I had had the w..
Less Than

Less Than

A Poem by Michael Atherton


You disgust meYou white snake beastYour heart so gnarledAnd your calloused white teethFood for thoughtYour facts for rotYour blood will clotLike your ..
Separate

Separate

A Poem by Michael Atherton


There's something else on my mindBut let's not talk about that nowCascade collapse outVerbal overloadHide to fit the moldRushing and gushingOnwardScra..
Sleep-Swim

Sleep-Swim

A Story by Michael Atherton


A manifestation of impressionist work ripples beside me. At once, the lights and houses and whispering trees are whole, at second glance they are dis..

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