Michael Atherton
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HomeA Poem by Michael AthertonWrote this Who-Knows-How-Long ago! Posting it on here because I can still connect to it. Home will always be home. |
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Miss YouA Poem by Michael AthertonA random, late-night scrawl I made last November. Didn't know what else to do with it. Maybe to be spoken? |
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EllipseA Poem by Michael AthertonYou 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.. |
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CompressionA Poem by Michael AthertonDesperatelyWading out of the numbersThe sky blue cornerMocks itselfIt all mocks meSealed up in a letterTurmoil is not an expressionIt's a state in com.. |
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ImpatientA Poem by Michael AthertonIt 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.. |
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Less ThanA Poem by Michael AthertonYou disgust meYou white snake beastYour heart so gnarledAnd your calloused white teethFood for thoughtYour facts for rotYour blood will clotLike your .. |
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SeparateA Poem by Michael AthertonThere's something else on my mindBut let's not talk about that nowCascade collapse outVerbal overloadHide to fit the moldRushing and gushingOnwardScra.. |
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Sleep-SwimA Story by Michael AthertonA manifestation of impressionist work ripples beside me. At once, the lights and houses and whispering trees are whole, at second glance they are dis.. |