{"id":4996,"date":"2014-09-14T14:07:57","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T14:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sporkpress.com\/?p=4996"},"modified":"2014-09-14T14:07:57","modified_gmt":"2014-09-14T14:07:57","slug":"7-poems-jon-michael-frank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisissporkpress.com\/archive\/2014\/09\/14\/7-poems-jon-michael-frank\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Poems || Jon-Michael Frank"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whisper You Love Me Boy<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I want everything\u00a0\u00a0 I want\u00a0\u00a0 before I die\u00a0\u00a0 winter\u2019s a<\/p>\n

tooth\u00a0\u00a0 eating away at us\u00a0\u00a0 so how core\u00a0\u00a0 do you feel<\/p>\n

now\u00a0\u00a0 now that there\u2019s\u00a0\u00a0 little shit\u00a0\u00a0 everywhere\u00a0\u00a0 like<\/p>\n

music\u00a0\u00a0 petting us\u00a0\u00a0 behind the ears\u00a0\u00a0 under the chin<\/p>\n

can you believe\u00a0\u00a0 these neon winds\u00a0\u00a0 this religion of<\/p>\n

incurable sadness\u00a0\u00a0 this lottery ticket\u00a0\u00a0 of meaning\u00a0\u00a0 I<\/p>\n

really\u00a0\u00a0 just hope\u00a0\u00a0 we break\u00a0\u00a0 it\u2019s the fissures\u00a0\u00a0 of this<\/p>\n

world\u00a0\u00a0 that allow for\u00a0\u00a0 coalescence\u00a0\u00a0 and it\u2019s not that<\/p>\n

I doubt the dark\u00a0\u00a0 it\u2019s just that\u00a0\u00a0 I don\u2019t like\u00a0\u00a0 feeling<\/p>\n

my way\u00a0\u00a0 through everything<\/p>\n


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\nBlue Moon <\/strong><\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve got weird\u00a0\u00a0 itchy feelings\u00a0\u00a0 moats\u00a0\u00a0 and amethyst\u00a0\u00a0 the<\/p>\n

fucking sound\u00a0\u00a0 of ice cream\u00a0\u00a0 pouring all over\u00a0\u00a0 this<\/p>\n

rising\u00a0\u00a0 hundred degree\u00a0\u00a0 neighborhood\u00a0\u00a0 you think you<\/p>\n

know shit\u00a0\u00a0 but then you\u00a0\u00a0 know<\/em> shit\u00a0\u00a0 the pipes in this<\/p>\n

house\u00a0\u00a0 speak\u00a0\u00a0 like bruises\u00a0\u00a0 the blonde girl is all <\/p>\n

i have\u00a0\u00a0 this time\u00a0\u00a0 with suicide\u00a0\u00a0 fuck the birds\u00a0\u00a0 the grapefruits<\/p>\n

rotting out\u00a0\u00a0 all the beauty\u00a0\u00a0 in this city\u00a0\u00a0 just one more\u00a0\u00a0 pill<\/p>\n

and I might just\u00a0\u00a0 knock out\u00a0\u00a0 the sorrow\u00a0\u00a0 before it\u00a0\u00a0 doubles<\/p>\n

for everything\u00a0\u00a0 my last words\u00a0\u00a0 are the same\u00a0\u00a0 as my first\u00a0\u00a0 so<\/em><\/p>\n

what<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 god\u2019s a cage\u00a0\u00a0 the sky\u2019s\u00a0\u00a0 a monkey painting\u00a0\u00a0 self-immolation<\/p>\n

is how we\u00a0\u00a0 put enough\u00a0\u00a0 holes\u00a0\u00a0 in this world\u00a0\u00a0 to see where\u00a0\u00a0 we<\/p>\n

are going\u00a0\u00a0 but STOP\u00a0\u00a0 and listen\u00a0\u00a0 that\u2019s the\u00a0\u00a0 rain\u00a0\u00a0 filling in<\/p>\n

 
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\nI\u2019m Losing You (I Know)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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eating French\u00a0\u00a0 fries\u00a0\u00a0 after someone\u00a0\u00a0 died\u00a0\u00a0 nature<\/p>\n

is a\u00a0\u00a0 feeling\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m ruining\u00a0\u00a0 for myself\u00a0\u00a0 sympathy for<\/p>\n

the neighborhood\u00a0\u00a0 gunfire rules\u00a0\u00a0 the night<\/p>\n

we make\u00a0\u00a0 blood\u00a0\u00a0 and nobody<\/p>\n

knows\u00a0\u00a0 how\u00a0\u00a0 they\u2019re always\u00a0\u00a0 sad\u00a0\u00a0 shopping carts<\/p>\n

brimming\u00a0\u00a0 with a\u00a0\u00a0 dangerous glitter\u00a0\u00a0 we are\u00a0\u00a0 meaningless<\/p>\n

without\u00a0\u00a0 sex\u00a0\u00a0 tired\u00a0\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 spending our\u00a0\u00a0 time\u00a0\u00a0 drinking<\/p>\n

water\u00a0\u00a0 two guys\u00a0\u00a0 beating\u00a0\u00a0 the shit\u00a0\u00a0 out of\u00a0\u00a0 each other<\/p>\n

outside\u00a0\u00a0 the sorrowful\u00a0\u00a0 smell\u00a0\u00a0 of mustard\u00a0\u00a0 fisting\u00a0\u00a0 bricks<\/p>\n

of\u00a0\u00a0 electricity\u00a0\u00a0 in the\u00a0\u00a0 air\u00a0\u00a0 everything\u00a0\u00a0 I know\u00a0\u00a0 is bullshit<\/p>\n

 
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\nKeep An Eye <\/strong><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m not\u00a0\u00a0 good\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m winter\u00a0\u00a0 now\u00a0\u00a0 let me explain to<\/p>\n

you\u00a0\u00a0 how drugs work\u00a0\u00a0 either\u00a0\u00a0 you want to know\u00a0\u00a0 or<\/p>\n

you don\u2019t want to know\u00a0\u00a0 how you\u2019re fucking up\u00a0\u00a0 your life<\/p>\n

that guy\u2019s\u00a0\u00a0 an icicle\u00a0\u00a0 and that guy\u2019s\u00a0\u00a0 an icicle\u00a0\u00a0 and that<\/p>\n

job money position\u00a0\u00a0 and power\u00a0\u00a0 all icicles\u00a0\u00a0 shit dripping<\/p>\n

away\u00a0\u00a0 the fucking surprise ending is\u00a0\u00a0 everything is\u00a0\u00a0 exactly<\/p>\n

how you thought it would be\u00a0\u00a0 even the\u00a0\u00a0 snowflakes\u00a0\u00a0 even<\/p>\n

the creep\u00a0\u00a0 and then\u00a0\u00a0 sometimes\u00a0\u00a0 you are driving\u00a0\u00a0 a car<\/p>\n

and really looking for\u00a0\u00a0 a goddamn\u00a0\u00a0 EXIT<\/p>\n

 
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\nHey Jude <\/strong><\/p>\n

after Amiri Baraka<\/em><\/p>\n

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we are doomed\u00a0\u00a0 time traveling\u00a0\u00a0 in the labyrinth<\/p>\n

of grief\u00a0\u00a0 and we ended up\u00a0\u00a0 here\u00a0\u00a0 at this corner<\/p>\n

store\u00a0\u00a0 slurping red or blue\u00a0\u00a0 ice\u00a0\u00a0 into our\u00a0\u00a0 stupid<\/p>\n

broken\u00a0\u00a0 heads\u00a0\u00a0 I think\u00a0\u00a0 the art of this world\u00a0\u00a0 is in<\/p>\n

not dying\u00a0\u00a0 unless\u00a0\u00a0 you are\u00a0\u00a0 really good\u00a0\u00a0 at\u00a0\u00a0 something<\/p>\n

and I\u2019m really good at\u00a0\u00a0 saying it\u00a0\u00a0 how it is\u00a0\u00a0 like this<\/p>\n

tree\u00a0\u00a0 is so fucking gold\u00a0\u00a0 you can actually feel\u00a0\u00a0 how<\/p>\n

fucking gold\u00a0\u00a0 it is<\/p>\n

 
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\nShake Me, Wake Me (When It\u2019s Over)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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day or night\u00a0\u00a0 what\u2019s more desolate\u00a0\u00a0 one car<\/p>\n

or\u00a0\u00a0 no cars\u00a0\u00a0 in this wide\u00a0 \u00a0smoking\u00a0\u00a0 parking lot<\/p>\n

a couple of\u00a0\u00a0 fucking\u00a0\u00a0 dudes\u00a0\u00a0 dying hard\u00a0\u00a0 around<\/p>\n

here is\u00a0\u00a0 a WASTELAND\u00a0\u00a0 it\u2019s really\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a massive<\/p>\n

3 a.m.\u00a0\u00a0 it\u2019s really\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a haircut\u00a0\u00a0 with an expensive<\/p>\n

vacuum cleaner\u00a0\u00a0 it\u2019s really\u00a0\u00a0 a small horse-fence\u00a0\u00a0 in<\/p>\n

the heart\u00a0\u00a0 how many motherfuckers have I known<\/p>\n

that have just said\u00a0\u00a0 fuck it<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 and kept on\u00a0\u00a0 everyone\u2019s<\/p>\n

skull\u00a0\u00a0 has the potential\u00a0\u00a0 to mean something\u00a0\u00a0 in a<\/p>\n

living\u00a0\u00a0 sweating palm\u00a0\u00a0 but don\u2019t look death in the<\/p>\n

eyes\u00a0\u00a0 it has none<\/p>\n

 
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\nBack In My Arms Again <\/strong><\/p>\n

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sad\u00a0\u00a0 shit\u00a0\u00a0 is happening\u00a0\u00a0 funny\u00a0\u00a0 is how\u00a0\u00a0 we duck<\/p>\n

disaster\u00a0\u00a0 even with\u00a0\u00a0 the black rivers\u00a0\u00a0 of bad heroin<\/p>\n

swaddling Philly\u00a0\u00a0 this December\u00a0\u00a0 it\u2019s only when\u00a0\u00a0 I think<\/p>\n

that I\u2019m myself\u00a0\u00a0 I reach for\u00a0\u00a0 a glass of water\u00a0\u00a0 yes\u00a0\u00a0 or<\/p>\n

no\u00a0\u00a0 do you care that\u00a0\u00a0 Philip Seymour Hoffman\u00a0\u00a0 died<\/p>\n

today\u00a0\u00a0 what you say\u00a0\u00a0 about things\u00a0\u00a0 is how you will live<\/p>\n

your life\u00a0\u00a0 on my way\u00a0\u00a0 to the corner store\u00a0\u00a0 I wrote my<\/p>\n

name\u00a0\u00a0 2014\u00a0\u00a0 in the wet asphalt\u00a0\u00a0 this is me\u00a0\u00a0 forever<\/p>\n

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