I don’t know why
I try
AI
Can do this
As well
I guess
It’s a good thing
If robots
Take our jobs
Then we won’t
Have to work
But can robots really
Take our art?
May 28, 2023 at 10:17PM
Month: May 2023
Ad space
Is it back in style
To blame business
Or will we sell
Ad space
On our foreheads
On my walk home
I couldn’t look anywhere
Without seeing
Models posing
Like salespeople
Words designed
To make me buy
May 28, 2023 at 08:50PM
Making tea
The teapot whistle
Turns into
A scream of pain
I smile
As a musician
Hearing harmony
Smiles
I let the scream
Of steam
Sing a duet
With my soul’s
Incessant
Shrieking
May 19, 2023 at 08:43AM
Death poem
I start to worry
About whatever
Until I remember
I won’t
Make it out alive
Even if
I win the game
Eat my greens
Avoid the accident
Write my masterpiece
We’re all
Still dead
In the end
May 16, 2023 at 06:57AM
In the bar is where
In the bar is where
I’ve found my peace
Where I’ve
Fought my demons
And fornicated
With my angels
It’s
Something about
The intoxication
That accels
The anxiety
Accentuates
The fears
So that I can face them
With dance
And other means
Of destroying
My ego
My understanding
Of the way in which
Things are supposed to
Transpire
I
Only wish this
Weren’t the end
That I could
Employ my efforts
In service of
Something
That actually matters
But alas
I base my decisions
On the fine line
Between another drink
And calling
A car home
I
Pick up my glass
And stand
To return
To the dance floor
May 12, 2023 at 10:41PM
Let us bleed
The bass beats
The only bulbs
Are being the bottles
On the shelves
Shaking
In sync
Steps
Of dancers
Unpartenered
Are also
In sync
I close my eyes
And it’s all
In sync
I can tell
Even without
My eyes
The bass
Beating in my chest
Beseeches
The beat
Begs
For everyone
To stay
Together
To love
And not fight
To dance
And not disintegrate
We are one
We are
Together in this
Even when we forget
We are
The same flesh
Same blood
Soaking
The towelette
Held to the nostril
Who knows
What made the cut
What brought forth
The bleed
But let us bleed
Blood red
Together
Let us bleed
May 12, 2023 at 10:32PM
Dissociate
Even
The excessive alcohol
Can’t stop
My thoughts
About the investable
I dance
Stomp
Shake my head
Striving
In vain
To dissociate
To sift off into
The bass beat
But I can’t
Quite
Get there
Get away
Get past
The threshold that
Separates
My conscious thought
From future
To present
From forecasted anxiety
To present passion
From death despair
To dance floor
I drink
More
Dance
More
All
In an attempt to
Lift off
Leave my
Consciousness
If only
For a moment
May 12, 2023 at 10:21PM
In the bar forever
The skateboarder
At the bar
Says he does
Downhill
As the candle wax drips
And smells
Better than the dance floor
I’ve lost count
Of the bars
Doors, hallways
Drinks I’ve had
In this bar
Like an American
Mall
Drink
And dance
Are the only directives
I heed
Drink
Dance
Drink
More
Dance
More
Stumble
Down another hallway
Order a drink
At a different bar
Smile
At the bartender
Make small talk
With a fellow drinker
Anything
In hope
That it won’t end
That I won’t wake up
Hungover
That it can just be this
Forever
And never end
May 12, 2023 at 10:14PM
In the crowd on the dance floor
To hear that
Everyone else in the crowd
Shots hey
At the same time as
I feel the hey
To be appropriate
I dance harder
Bend my knees
Deeper
Throw my hands
Higher
Feel that I am
Myself
Less
More a part of
The mass
More comfortable
To close my eyes
And lose myself
May 12, 2023 at 09:52PM
Feel now
I love to just
Close my eyes
And listen to the beat
He leans in
To tell me
I respond
That it has something
To do with
Self consciousness
If you close your eyes
You can forget
About everyone else
And just feel
The bass beat
Beat
Beat
And move with it
Side
To side
Up
And down
With your eyes closed
You can feel it
Just feel it
That’s it
Don’t worry about
The girl looking
The guy posturing
Just swing
Side
Yo side
Up
And down
With your eyes closed
Feel the beat
The floor is muddy
The drinks are strong
Everyone else
Is as drunk
As you are
Close your eyes
And feel
Dance
Feel
The DJ
On the deck above
The others
Dancing around
The watches
In wrists
The drinks
On the counters
The seltzer
Bubbling
The heels
Pressing into the ground
It plays here
And plays
And plays
Don’t think about tomorrow
Feel the beat
Close your eyes
Feel now
May 12, 2023 at 09:38PM
Bookstore
Do you try to read books
From every genre
To be able to make recommendations
When people ask
One associate
Asks the other
As my eyes scan the spines
Searching for something
To teach me
What I didn’t know
I needed to learn
A bookstore
Is a good place to pass time
While I wait for my friend
To finish his appointment
Down the street
What do you call someone
Who works at a book shop
A clerk
An attendant
A seller
A keeper
I don’t know
But anyway
I’ve always wondered about this
And so I was delighted to hear
Over the shelves
When one of them
Asked the other
Do you try to read books
From every genre
To be able to make recommendations
When people ask
As my eyes scanned the spines
Not looking for anything
In particular
As I waited
For my friend
To finish his appointment
Up the street
A bookstore
Seemed to be
The best place
To pass the time
May 09, 2023 at 09:32AM
Rain on a Tuesday
Bus wires drip
With rain water
Walkers
Hold bags over their heads
Some run
Stop
Under overhangs
Others
Don’t seem to care
The soothsayers
Sport umbrellas
I’m happy
For now
In the coffee shop
Watching
Through the window
Waiting
For it to let up
So I can run home
And make breakfast
May 02, 2023 at 12:34PM