Swallowing Tears

I saw my brother last night. He’s the most fucked up I’ve ever seen him. Homeless, getting arrested frequently for shoplifting (and released, I might add, due to a very broken system), skinnier than I’ve ever seen him. Walking around in someone else’s clothes and shoes from the jail. Being minimally sustained by my mother.. … Continue reading →

A Poem About Heroin

Another deep one.

Tonight

Originally posted on Stripey Thoughts:
Tonight we connect As we do Just we two Sending out our songs Mine- word wars Yours all guitars Talking out of turn Seems we sing Of everything Those battlefields ours Same enemy Will ever be Levelling a shot Syringe or bottle What’s to startle Such as who we are…

Cheater, cheater.

Pumpkin eater, had a wife and couldn’t keep her!!! Put her in a pumpkin shell… Something something safe and well. Which has nothing to do with the fct that I specifically requested J bring home beer after his baseball game knowing full well that I smoke way more when I’m drinking because a) I want … Continue reading →

Happy Earth Day!

I don’t intend to celebrate Earth Day, unless the Girl Scout troop has something related planned for their meeting tonight. It’s not that I don’t love the Earth, I just don’t have the damn time. I have to somehow get to the after-school program to pick the kid up right at 5pm (when the tae … Continue reading →

My Father Was Like Philip Seymour Hoffman

It’s like this.

What constitutes helping?

This is beautiful and timely. I also love the Russell Brand piece.

I am only one, but I am one.