Category Archives: Bloodletting

Baseball

Posted on July 5, 2017 by saffronsound

She died last Tuesday, while Watching a Blue Jays game In that big, comfy armchair That made her feel like a queen No one noticed  Because the bases were loaded

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Blackbird

Posted on November 21, 2016 by saffronsound

One day the ceiling of heaven Exploded Empyrean everywhere Feathers spackled the air And dead poets Somersaulted down Birds and words Fell over themselves Tumbled and jumbled Twinned and conflated Until even a discerning eye Couldn’t dissect one From the … Continue reading →

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nothing to see here

Posted on November 4, 2016 by saffronsound

all the broken people and what can we do I’ll pick a thread on my blouse and you’ll sing out loud look at the broken people we should have a drink who won the game tonight and does my makeup … Continue reading →

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Underslung

Posted on October 31, 2016 by saffronsound

  children scrabble in the dust of Aleppo seek shelter in the shadows as if that could save them from another shelling their future underslung dangling from the belly of God by a loose thread and thinner hope than that

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Miserable Shit of a Day

Posted on August 29, 2012 by saffronsound

This day couldn’t be meaner If it knocked me on the chin and Left me splitting blood and broken teeth. 24 hours rotten to the core, So tainted it’s spoiling all the other days Packed on either side. Today is … Continue reading →

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Flimsy

Posted on May 15, 2012 by saffronsound

If you look too closely You will see that I am just Holes tied together with string

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Grief’s Gluttony

Posted on April 14, 2012 by saffronsound

grief doesn’t stop to chew it swallows happiness in giant gulps that lay a lump in its throat and burn its stomach long into the night grief leaves you so cracked and dry you could just crumble and blow away … Continue reading →

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Seeing Through the Dark

Posted on March 25, 2012 by saffronsound

And what will I have then When these eyes dry out? When the pigment drains away And the green grass delights no more? When the wary thrush, Perching precariously on toothpick legs Disappears completely Into the background In a coat … Continue reading →

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