9/30/2021 Poetry by Paige Frisone Paulo César León Palacios CC coping dumbass bricks are punch-proof–no give he gives her cold amounts of time–subzero spends it on anything–everything else valet coffee (grande red eye–double cup) cocaine (that good-good) shoe buffers (shoes–buffer–the buffer-ers) alcohol (cousin tito’s–no friend of mine) pasta (al dente, of course) waiters that homeless man (days of) sleep that dog that other dog cocaine (that bad-good) wonder if i got it from him loving wrong people–things–wrong times–ways diversions haul bricks upwards | upchuck | literal spit-fire shovel bricks–digging goddamn holes to re-route lives talks to himself hums–loud–unapologetic yells–(desperate) how he wakes up laughing about dreams he has the other world in which he lives where (dig dig dig) he’s the most loving man–happily married but HEAVE | heavy heavy | gravel to grave | puke as mortar | stick | wakes up to the same bricks–piles–over & over same holes–wells–welts–deeper–deeper – to know it is beyond over–over & over & you are the gravedigger still digging that’s the part i could never–ever do Projector: (n). a thing that projects, a project, a person, an object people work hard to be nothing empty, blank canvases “inspired” take marker stand on stool wait for people become sick up here here ugly here fat fat fat fat fat fat fat fat spinal fluid fat |make way for thigh gap| too this, too that inferior fe-fi-foe-faux-male fat backbone is straight up muscle idiots how dare they that is not a person, a wine cork maybe, in which case, cool words can make you anything an hourglass for suicides coming she's a pear-type, they figure, (ha) or an apple no longer safe foods so, why do they say don't cut yourself off at the knees if that's exactly what they wish for us? Paige is a Certified LifeLine® Practitioner, psychosomatic writing coach, and poet living in Colorado. Her work explores the visceral complexities of an eating disorder and the ever-present journey of inhabiting a body. Paige has been featured in Rebelle Society, Elephant Journal, Entropy's Enclave, Rogue Agent, streetcake magazine, Metapsychosis, indicia, The Health Journal, and elsewhere. She can be found at www.paigefrisone.com. Comments are closed.
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