Tuesday, August 1, 2023

Melancholy

She tasted 
of melancholy 
dripping dangerously 
like acid
from sullen eyes, 
and the salts 
of all her tragedies 
wore deep 
beneath her bones.

Lofty platitudes

Lofty platitudes or was it elevated truisms? Did it matter? Strip away all the familiar tunes. What’s left?    It’s the same old song and da...