tag:dreamwidth.org,2015-07-19:2425461 So nobody minds C 2018-09-13T02:55:33Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2015-07-19:2425461:4887 2018-09-13T02:53:43Z 2018-09-13T02:55:33Z public 0 <center><font face="courier new"><u>I Bring Hurricanes</u><br /><br /> <br />Catastrophic winds<br />poverty underwater <br />a life left behind<br />left him behind, too<br /><br />name them after people: <br />Harvey, Irma, Florence<br /><br />Hurricane<br />you left me lying there<br />on the hardwood floor<br />silent vaulted ceilings<br />a bottle of pills<br />two<br />three<br />a creature’s soft fur<br />innocent eyes<br /><br />(I breathe for him) <br /><br />Hurricane <br />the devil on your lips<br />God’s lies in your heart<br /><br />Hurricane<br /><br />I love, I love, I love<br /><br />Hurricane<br />(I hurt him with a killer’s malice) <br />(You should’ve seen it) <br /><br />Hurricane<br />and you won’t come to my door<br />and you spit with righteous indignation<br />hurricanes of empty apologies<br /><br />Fourteen hours on the road<br />look, there<br />Knoxville<br />(We have no time to stop) <br />and he told me<br />of all the boys who loved him<br />that he will never love<br />fourteen hours on the road<br />he wouldn’t share my bed<br />my tears, a repellent <br />my pain is folly<br /><br />(Will I ever see you again?) <br />(Probably not. Well. Good luck.) <br /><br />Hurricane <br />tension in my jaw<br />tightening of blood vessels<br /><br /><br />I am<br /><br /><i>d i s s a s s o c i a t i n g</i><br /><br />Hurricane<br />I love, I love, I love<br />(and I hate) <br /><br />One bottle of pills<br />just the one<br />my tears are 83-foot waves<br />they are<br />torrential winds<br />flash floods spilling over your doorstep<br /><br />I bring destruction<br />but I<br />I will not be destroyed<br /><br />There are hurricanes in you<br />my curs-ed god-child<br />tell me<br />how the devil brings you storms<br />(and I will laugh at you) <br /><br />Next one’s the big one<br />I can taste it on my tongue.</font></center><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=pendancy&ditemid=4887" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments