no need for a name

 my head runs on restored neon sign components

and echoed lines from greased electrical god-mouths.

 

my soul is a postcard snapshot of an oil-sodden gulf

where colorful fish and majestic birds flop and die. flop and die.

 

my heart is a chunk of some rancid yesterday

left out in the yard to rot and feed dancing flies.

 

I want to light you up like a naked star,

clean off your wings and let you swim again.

 

but, all of my miracles are irreparably damaged.

 you’ll have to die in my wreckage

or live alone

in your own.

 

scavengers don't choose to feed on bottom-rot;

it's just all we can afford on our low-income love-lives.

 

here, beauty is a recycled lie that we pass around

like an incurable dream-eating plague.

Reviews

[Kerry O'Connor]

Such promise and hopelessness in these lines:

I want to light you up like a naked star,
clean off your wings and let you swim again.

but, all of my miracles are irreparably damaged.
you’ll have to die in my wreckage
or live alone
in your own.

[Mark]

"...an incurable dream-eating plague."
Ah, you're such a hopeless romantic, aren't you?

Sounds like you may have borne a few too many scars from love's battlefield.
Forced to settle for lesser objectives, when greater prove too contrary.

Most thoughtful...and just the teensiest bit creepy!. Thanks.

[ju]

you do the best take on bitter, twisted and dark, you know.

[Robin]

you know if we were sitting on the porch , playing guitar and swappin' riffs and verse we would just say 'yeah' , or 'thats cool' or 'man I liked that' .

Yeah , Cool , I liked that ...

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

A likened and socialistic piece, very well penned.

[SamBug]

I enjoyed reading this one. Thanks so much for sharing

[Hayley]

A enjoyable read, to say the least. I just simply don't know how to praise your work well enough :)

[.......]

This is amazing!
This write says so much.
Enjoyed this!

[Bertie]

You manage to say a lot in very few words; the piece has a gothic feel to it...
The first line is almost staggering !
Well done :)

[Jūdan FyreHeart]

Another fantastic job of pulling apart the excuse for society and higher living we've fallen beyond repair into.