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Indie Poet & Writer
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I Lost My Voice

  I lost my voice In the fog, Crushed by the darkness On which it once fed. I […]

August 19, 2020 Poetry

Sweet Surrender

The world can Wear you down, Like a slow steady stream Of liquid bullshit Grinding granite to sand, […]

June 14, 2018 Poetry

A Twitch Away From the End

The cold taste of steel In your mouth, The faint scent of gunpowder Stings your throat. Just a […]

May 14, 2018 Poetry

Make-Up

I paint on a smile And play the game My make-up is always perfect But never quite the […]

October 3, 2017 Poetry

Reflections, Part I

There’s nothing left to say There’s nothing left to feel There’s no one left to save There’s no […]

October 2, 2017 Poetry

Still on the Road

Driving down the poison highway Through the nightmares of my youth: Saccharine poetry, suicidal thoughts; Disastrous experiments with […]

September 29, 2017 Poetry

The Last Secret

Your dog was left in her living room, Still on his leash. This the only note you left, […]

August 27, 2017 Poetry
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