Sleepy SeedlingsMy hometown holds a hallowed hubin the heroin hall of fame,between the memorial for Janisand the statue of Cobainand while everyone knows that abuse and addictionare shaking hands on shady dealsmost people treat trauma like corrupt politicians: As long as they don't have to see it,they can pretend it isn't real.I still remember the night I sleptin that white oak treeand appreciated the irony in hanging from from the branches of an entitythat has seen more winters turn to springthan I will ever know,because the tree understandsthat as long as it has sap running through it's limbsdecay will always turn to growth.That is to say:That all those times the little pieces of me diedit was only life burning my forest to the groundso the next seeds I sowedwould grow in fertile soil, but I am tired of plantingthe corpses of people I once named friend;of watering their gravesites with tears and liquorknowing that pain is the only thing that will ever flourish there....
Man Found Having Tea Party With Mouse Again.(A Random Headline Poem) The earl gray was cold by the time the Whitecoats put John A. Everyman in custody, wrapping his frame with duck cloth "for his protection." John doesn't really notice. He's thinking about the last conversation he had with Mr. Rodere, when the tea had been steaming and life was simpler."I wish I was more like you, Mr. Rodere. You travel from place to place freely and never hunger or thirst. You don't have to watch politicians destroy your livelihood, or see friends and family divided, at each others throats simply for being a different brand of human. Your children won't be forced to fix the mistakes you've made, if they're even repairable. I'd give anything to have a life like yours."Mr. Rodere is quiet for a moment, and then, with a twitch of his graying whiskers, puts down his finger sandwich and speaks."We are the same, my friend. Sure, the cheese they offer you is grander, and the trap more elaborate, but in the end, we are both paid in death."-We are pleased to report that John is receiving treatment at a psychiatric facility, and the pest has been eradicated....
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