Originally posted on Sudden Denouement Literary Collective:
was that mercury you dolloped by the teaspoon brimming into the cup of my tempest teeming? I have sipped on a brew Weltschmerz steeped in introversion while trouble boils and toils double in churning unplumbed depths. did you misapprehend my clime striding presumptuous as you did through the…
Originally posted on BoySlut:
Hand to Mouth ? We die alone because old people stop fucking. Once you give up sex, you’re on your own. That so-called friend, your partner, no longer returns your phone calls. She’s found someone, as people used to say. ? She’s found somebody else is a polite way to say…
Originally posted on Storyland:
My brother warned me against going to Saudi Arabia. He said I would be kidnapped and left in the desert to the jackals. I admit to allowing his paranoia to get to me but not enough to dissuade me. I took the job teaching at King Fahd University and left for…
NEXT TIME BY DAVID LOHREY Jan 31, 2019 | There’s no tomorrow and yesterday’s forgotten. Dad saw himself as disabled and in some ways he was. He was an emotional cripple, that’s for sure. He flew into rages over nothing. I once got up the courage to point out there were no other … More in RAVENSPERCH
Originally posted on RamJet Poetry:
I. Temper temper temper Speaking 31 flavors Of madness, you stalk me once again Dance in iris tourniquet Titan Breaking through seals Make the deal A Devil sits at my table Progenitor of pale hollow The air in here is casual A callous malice whispers Pressing upon all the dreams…
“Does it Need a Title?”, “Street Theatre,” “Literary Property,” and Other Poems January 29, 2019 |By David Lohrey Does it Need a Title? There is nothing sadder than an old elephant at the zoo. All alone, the color of tarmac; a gigantic mouse behind bars. She stands at the ready, to turn around and … More in TERROR HOUSE
TUCK MAGAZINE – Online political, human rights and arts magazine Poetry January 18, 2019Poetry , POETRY / FICTION Christophe Leung photo By David Lohrey Never Say Never We are not far in America – and is it just in America – from evolving a right to feel good about oneself. Yo! my … More in TUCK MAGAZINE
