My Appalachia

smoke and mirrors

the smoke he makes is obvious/ the mirrors in his pocket are less than obvious/ there are people who think he’s a magician/ he does have his tricks, but they’re play for pay, and they usually fall for his i am so into you game of reflective, thin ceramic masks/…

Tim Barrus: Jonah’s Mountain

I am amused and sustained by the idea that the end of homo sapiens’ domination of the planet will be sooner than anyone suspected. The end is irreversible now. It is too late. Many scientists know. They give voice to this reality in private. What good would blowing whistles do.…

I HAVE ALWAYS KEPT YOU OUT OF IT

because i do not want to deal with your anger i used to be able to ignore it too many sleeping bags ago every story has a twin or a thousand of them we never even once fucked on a bed keeping our fantasies grounded it was about your ass…

I’m Washing My Hair That Night

If there was a way to skateboard in a flood, we would find it. Business as usual. Intervention Is. Sometimes impossible. I have learned the hard way that you cannot impose interventions on adolescent boys twenty-four hours a day. It’s not my fault. I didn’t raise them. I am merely…