depression

10.31.19

Woken by a nightmare about homes with holes in the walls
Not making ends meet then you’re up at three AM
The day before you get paid while your bank balance
Sits in the negative because you can’t afford either
Tires, gas, or new glasses after three years now
And you don’t know how you’ll pay the power bill once 
Summer hits without robbing a bank or lottery wins

10.27.19

If we’re willing to bleed,
fight, die for one another
we owe it to them, live
really live, while we can

9.18.19

sixth draft finished
hand-written notes
in margins, in purple
filled binder, in hopes


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a kid threw a desk today
I pointed out he was mad
he made another kid sad
because they were fat and slow
asked him why and he blamed
everyone else, even the victim
so he flipped a table instead
of asking himself why am I