Death Shorts

 

 

 

I Had Two Questions for My Surgeon, Gynocologist, and Oncologist:

 

have I done enough with my writing,

and have I actually lived?

 

 

 

Less Than Once Would Have Been Enough

 

when that fucker Death flicked

his wet tongue

into my ear

 

 

 

Regret is Regret

 

ground to a powder, leaking blood.

 

 

 

I’ve Wounded

 

and been wounded

in love. I’ve lived.

 

 

 

How Odd

 

I’m writing poems about death

for fun!

 

 

 

Death has Fat, Freezing Lips

 

Death has fat, freezing lips.