my sheets are damp
but that chill is nothing
compared to
the specters of memory
and delusions granted
by the unintelligible desire
I must cut this poem short
and close my eyes
and try to sleep
before grief
takes me over
my sheets are damp
but that chill is nothing
compared to
the specters of memory
and delusions granted
by the unintelligible desire
I must cut this poem short
and close my eyes
and try to sleep
before grief
takes me over
how to use:
as common as carbon is a poetic stream of consciousness.
there are 3 categories of “poems”:
(i) heteroglossic synesthesia (complete poems)
(ii) hobonyms (words with no homes)
(iii) mind jerky (thoughts to chew on)
after reading a poem you have 3 options to “turn the page”
“RANDOM” – takes you to a random poetic expression
#hastags – take you to another random poem with the same theme or motif
#category – takes you to a random poem in the same category
“no one can step in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and they are not the same person” – possibly Heraclitus
just as no one can step in the same river twice, no one can have the same experience of “as common as carbon” twice