Technical Writing & Random Thoughts

 

Old (& not particularly good) Poetry


The Brutality of Youth - The First Words :1991-1994
Vanity - Product of a Public Education :1995-1998
The Resident Muse - The Coffeehouse Era :1999-2000
Post Education - The Hardcore Haze :2001-2002
Overworked - Reflections On A Lesser Existence :2003-2006
Daily Missives - The Poem of the Day Collection :2005-2007
Sweet Dreams And Other Fictions :2008-

 

12 Situations I could say that I didn't still miss
but then, would I be lying?
I can't find my way home 
through all this snow
and these brilliant shining things
that take my vision
and twist... 
90 degrees from everything.

unfurl these bone-bare wings 
and unzip the skin suit 
fly away, aching for something
other than this war I lose
every time I try to answer the phone.

Every sad song on the radio
and every couple, happy...
kissing and smiling...
is in an instant, a reminder
of how alone I enjoy being.

You were a mistake, 
and interruption in my daily grind
a period in the middle of a sentence...
a line break, when the weakest link
held tight, and all my strengths
faded away into this burning light...

my temper breaks like hot mercury
white and blue from the fears
that I carry with me 
when I walk through another winter.
rage only subsides when the battle
peaks, and the powers clash.

Powers that take my vision
and let me see the places 
where we still exist...
90 degrees away from everything
is nowhere... a rusted decaying
crossroad... lights flashing, 
engines steaming, horns bellowing...
all trying so hard...
to get their nothing to nowhere
before everyone else shows up...

 

 

 

17 + some
A Quiet Reminder
A Slight Imperfection
1001 Days
Afterimage
Caged
All That Is Left, I leave to You
All The Reasons I Hate This
Analogy
Appetite For Obsession
At The Finish Line
Atlas Falls
Black Semi Gloss: Exterior Use Only
Blame Me
Cause & Effect
Cleared Of...
As Far Away As Possible
Conclusion Through Withdrawal
Consolation Prize
Darling Boy
Enough For Everything
Explicitly Yours
15ft Of Hangman
Give My Regards to Persephone
Held Off
No Longer My Own
I Am
I Dreamed Of Carelessness
I Never Offered
I Win
In This Temple
Longing For A Lack of Closure
Memorial Haze
Miss
My Blood Where You Stand
My Glass House
Next Time Don't Answer
Night Under Neon Lights
Low Grit, 8x10in
One Place Left to Fear
Rhinoceros
Punchline
Sanding An Already Smooth Surface
The Parasite
The Silver Plating
Similacrimus
Sky Falls Down
So...
Soul Parameters
Spirit Well Clothed
Tall, Dark, and Monumental
That Little Red Light
You Look Like A Murderer
The Quiet Place Between
Simplicity
There Won't Be More...
Things I Know About Yesterday.
This Day Just Won't End
This Half Hour
This Is Me
Today
Tomorrow's Yesterdays
Twenty-And-One
Unassigned
Under The Spotlight Again
Vicarious Disclosure
The Wake
Wax Statue Romance
We Can Stop Any Time
We Play Eye Tag...
You Could Always Fake It!
You're All Morons
Excuse Me, But Your'e Standing on My Tao