Poems from ArleneDunagan
For your brokenness that clings to me
In my openness so ceaselessly
Relaying all the meanings, forever afraid
Seem I hopeless? It's a...
Heat and terror in a crowd
As prone to spreading as a local disease of the mind
Or a regionally misconstrued concept in society
People...
Heavy-minded, weak of will
I watch you lay your life down
You're hot and shaking from the thrill
Of atrophy at work
You're young and free,...
Leave a message of a whispered dream, an afterthought
In the drawer we use to exchange hellos and forget-me-nots.
I can't believe it could...
Like smoke, we were dispersed after the poison of our fun
Went in and out, left cancer's promise on a pair of lungs
Atrophy at your...