High Functioning (By Cat Matchuk)

Pen scratches, dirty dishes
stained pillowcases
uniform
Sleep. Continue reading “High Functioning”
Words bring forward stars to forge a world from the ink, breathe, your heart will write.
Pen scratches, dirty dishes
stained pillowcases
uniform
Sleep. Continue reading “High Functioning”
It happened again,
An unwelcomed guest
Crossed paths before
Over and
over again. Continue reading “Definition of Insanity”
Cut, cut, cut
the young girl’s hair falls to the floor.
You ask yourself, who will I be now?
I want to drink whiskey straight from the bottle
and wear leather
Continue reading “Cut, Burn, Bury”
Time starts and stops
and starts to stop
Between the seconds I’ve lived a dozen lives.
She speaks and swallows back the words
as soon as they leave her tongue,
a delayed censoring. Continue reading “Threaded Lips”