Month: December 2017

Madness, Oh! This Glorious Sadness That Brought Us to Our Knees

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it was a brittle broken bell
it was some bold and boiling blood

the gaunt grey-suited man thumps his chest three thunderous times
three times in time with the brittle bell’s insistent chime
the third times the third time he beats his chest so hard
that he transcends the trap of time to talk with angels from afar

they carry broken brittle bells
they feed on boiling bold sweet blood
they feed on lost grey-suited men
they carry fury forged in hell

the brittle broken bell cried once more upon the altar
cried three tears for understanding
then three more for crimes withstanding
and then and only then did its tinny telling falter

he was a gaunt grey-suited man
he was ahead of everyone

Madness, Oh! This Glorious Sadness That Brought Us to Our Knees

Purple Wizard Tales Pt. 3: What’s In the Box?

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Inside Purple Wizards is a menagerie of hope, light, and other words! In addition to all those words, you’ll get:

A TABLE OF CONTENTS!

But that’s not all – act now to receive your very own TITLE PAGE and APPENDIX!

I’m not kidding, party people. So much energy has gone into this collection of ~50 poem-like things. Things like: periods, commas, emojis, spaces, blood, avocados, the screams of neglected children, and love, pure love.

Don’t you think a copy would look swell on your shelf, or the shelf of your secret lover(s)? Christmas looms. Act like you care about someone and buy that someone the gift of More Poems About Purple Wizards and Neon-Bright Exceptionalisms right here!

Read hard!

Purple Wizard Tales Pt. 3: What’s In the Box?

And Don’t Forget to Hang Up Your Sock

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All the reindeer make machines of skins on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Thanks to my friend who showed me this game, I don’t think I can get enough.
It’s a phenomenal game for kids to learn and play and grow up within.
Owners are not too friendly but they do have the very best stuffing.
Unending love and happiness and love conditions us for these shorter days.
I know it’s a risky gambit, so thanks for checking in this season.

And Don’t Forget to Hang Up Your Sock

There Is Only Our Reaction and Our Enemy’s

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A yellow southern light was on my mind
when I saw the unowned outlines for lower grades.

An alkaline evening needed me to pick you up in a boat,
wondering who we were before at this point in time.

To ulcers and ultrasound we have sacrificed cold chickens
wrapped in an oilskin with more sour measles (or less).

Pepper and rice are not a recipe for immortality
and the children of silk are not yet coded to THE BOOK.

There Is Only Our Reaction and Our Enemy’s