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Kairn commented on the post, lint 2 years, 10 months ago
the dust sets on the streets
yellow for trees
rainbow for oil
black for city
the water catches it all
i step into a puddle
ankle deep
and uncaring -
Kairn commented on the post, salmon 2 years, 11 months ago
i thought today’s word would be wizard
or maybe lizard
salmon is a color
and a taste in my mouth
from a plant called blue belle
it was so small in my hand,
it made no sound in the misty
morning -
Kairn commented on the post, crystals 2 years, 11 months ago
they sing
but mineral
calcified
a latticework
of notes that i cannot hear when i press my face to the granite countertop
there is a pain in my lower back
if i can’t hear it at least
she is cool on my face -
Kairn commented on the post, humanity 3 years, 5 months ago
opened in a slice
halved like a pear
at the center
is it the flesh?
the skin?
the seeds?
you hold a rock in one hand
and your smartphone
in the other -
Kairn commented on the post, leveled 4 years, 8 months ago
yes i believe we’re gone now
a brief shadow of your eyebrow remains
ingrained
static grains
fizzle crackle and pop
i am almost gone now
nothing to wo -
Kairn commented on the post, headband 4 years, 8 months ago
a weird little thing
keeps the brains all together
or at least it groups those instruments
i think the notes go abcdefghz
there was something i was supposed to do
what is your name, young man?
who is you?
i am can do -
Kairn commented on the post, headband 4 years, 8 months ago
a line of sweat crowns the new victorious
a strand of silk suddenly alerts you of nearby spiders
hair sticks to the temples of workers building the temples of gods
clouds encircle the newborn son -
Kairn commented on the post, tribal 4 years, 8 months ago
there were no fangs on leather thongs
no blood glinting on the blade
instead the dirt.
our fingernails became hardened shells but our faces still cracked during the rains -
Kairn commented on the post, maestro 4 years, 8 months ago
waves his feathered arms
he can’t fly any more but
godammit he can create
sweeping sound and piercing cry.
his tattered coat tails fan the vowels into place -
Kairn commented on the post, speaking 4 years, 9 months ago
of which, did you get that checked out yet?
looks kind of… infectious
there’s a speck of dust on my glasses and the xylophone won’t shut up
i’m terribly sorry but we’re out of all our fucks.
please take a number.
Hello, Mr. President? -
Kairn commented on the post, complicated 4 years, 9 months ago
i am a girl boy girl boy birl goy
it’s a little weird to talk
let’s just sit and pick flowers
if i blink with my left eye
you are there
with my right you sink into the grass
or it rises into you
i’m sorry, that was unpleasant. -
Kairn commented on the post, embassy 4 years, 9 months ago
it was a little complacent in there
and i wasn’t sure this was the place to be
but the eagle on the seal seemed reassuring
with it paternal wingspan and
glimmering talons.
i felt i could trust its steady gaze
and was soothed like a rabbit. -
Kairn commented on the post, eleven 4 years, 9 months ago
eleven hangs between us,
heavy and taut
a wet jacket has given up on my shoulder
we used to have twelve
but you stared too long at the sunset
and a bird got a gleam in its soul
i think we will have enough for soup when
we get home -
Kairn commented on the post, eleven 4 years, 9 months ago
a shard of plastic glisters in the sun
it is hot inside this car and i’m no longer a baby
the upholstery swelters in waves
in the distance, a gas station sign rises on stilts
the straight lines repeat over and over
but i see the staccato’s in pairs -
Kairn commented on the post, transform 4 years, 9 months ago
a cog rolled and hit the point of perfect
balance between flawed and unreal
i looked up at the pupa
and it looked down at me.
i felt extremely happy and apprehensive
for what the next line would bring -
Kairn commented on the post, delirious 4 years, 9 months ago
the wheat heads swayed in a haze
a summer storm’s afterthought was sweeping through the area
a farmer sighed into the wind
the eddies were delirious, drunk on hot air
and the shouts of men going to war. -
Kairn commented on the post, sympathy 4 years, 9 months ago
isn’t he a bit overfed?
engorged on the salt
from an ocean of someone else’s sorrow.
i can’t feel you, so no. i’m the one
that’s actually sorry.
i think there should be a card for when you stop crying -
Kairn commented on the post, takeoff 4 years, 9 months ago
takeoffyourfeelings
takeofffromthislaunchpadthatismyface?
takeoffshesaidalittletoocasually
takeoffmyshoespeasant
takeoffthatmaskit’sok
takeoffwhatever’sleft
i want to skin you -
Kairn commented on the post, bicycle 4 years, 9 months ago
turning turning
a little faster
and i think the plane of the page
and the palm of you face will
look in the same direction of a great white.
i’m sure there is some mechanism
but on days like this
i am days like this
over and over -
Kairn commented on the post, gentleman 4 years, 9 months ago
let’s not have a scene, eh?
i just cleaned the floor and jesus christ
gentle, eh?
i think the way a man walks
is fucking stupid.
and there is a speck on the floor that i’d rather be looking at.
