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Hail Mary

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 · Leave a comment ·

I just saw some new songsIt looks like I am going to have to right a few wrongsHave no fearI’ll be in your hemisphereLater in the yearMy dear First, I have to write my storyFull of tragedy and very goryBut it’s ultimately the storyOf how … Continue reading Hail Mary

10:9-16

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 · 1 Comment ·

Me: I’ll do anything you want, for free. Church: no thanks. Be on your way. Me: you don’t even want me to lick your toilet bowls? For free? Church: no. Be on your way. Me: Okay. I have a few things in mind that my … Continue reading 10:9-16

Diaspora

November 24, 2020November 28, 2020 · Leave a comment ·

I am cursed in the cityI am cursed in the fieldI am defeated before my enemiesI am struck with madness and confusion of mindI am oppressed and robbed continuallyAnother man ravishes my wifeI built a house, but I do not dwell in itI planted a … Continue reading Diaspora

Stream of Consciousness Before Bed

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 · Leave a comment ·

I had something to say, and didn’t say itI had something to do, and didn’t do itI had a place to be, and I leftSo I will die down south in Jethro’s tentWhile Pharaoh fucks my wife My people are so few and far betweenEach … Continue reading Stream of Consciousness Before Bed

The Nine Inch Nail

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 · Leave a comment ·

She doesn’t care about youShe is like her familyShe is not the good SamaritanShe does what all the others doYou are not in her familyHer purpose was to show you a charlatanTo not do what you need her toTo show no love for an enemyTo … Continue reading The Nine Inch Nail

Patience

August 31, 2020September 2, 2020 · Leave a comment ·

I wish I could be happier for youYou were supposed to be my inspirationI should let my memory of you define what I doInstead of wallowing in disappointment and desolation When you read everything, you’ll know the situationDon’t let scraps from the internet cause you … Continue reading Patience

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

August 19, 2020 · Leave a comment ·

Noah will not contact youNoah will not allow you to contact herWhen the ground is dry, the fleece will be dryWhen the ground is wet, the fleece will be wetYou are the scorpion under the rockYou are not the eagle in the skyWhat you need … Continue reading The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Drawn and Quartered

August 5, 2020August 7, 2020 · Leave a comment ·

Decades in the making was the thing that didn’t happenThe random paths afforded by life seemed to have a directionThen there were all those years of waitingOnly to destroy it because confusion was dominating I have a daughter in GermanyI didn’t send her thereI can’t … Continue reading Drawn and Quartered

Until I Know

July 12, 2020July 16, 2020 · Leave a comment ·

I can’t let you goYou were supposed to heal me, and now you’re goneI’m pretty close to doneI just have to write this book, so everybody will know And you’ll finally understandWith my words in your handBut then it might be too lateBecause I might … Continue reading Until I Know

Like a Wild Flower

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 · 2 Comments ·

My friend אוריאנה יאיר wrote this poem for English practice to describe her impression of how I see Noah van Ouwerkerk. I thought it was very cool. You appear in the spring like a wild flowerYou’re as tempting as a wild flowerLike a wild flower … Continue reading Like a Wild Flower

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