acting vulnerable and the
true embodiment of
vulnerability
while knelt in
humble
form
aren’t efforts made
with equal
courage,
and do not cast
same purity
of light
on
this burnt
horizon’s storm.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
image at – https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/335025659750367628/
gif at – https://www.facebook.com/syediee/photos/d41d8cd9/1095112723862742/
strike me like
minor A
chord
in
storm of fuzzed
out hooks,
voice is mine but
the words
are yours
told..
i pour it all
into the
mic,
just to watch
it overflow.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
art by Don Parkay at – https://donald-parkey-art.com/artwork/crooner/
ghost trains whoosh
through my
vines..
sing me deaf all you
want, my ears
belong to
another
blues singer’s
tongue, shivers
rising from
the sewer
grates
full of gators
chompin’
to drag you down,
around
and
in.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
image at- https://www.deviantart.com/nuclearbeast/art/Sewer-Alligator-189030096
shake your tambourine
in a cloud of
exhaust
hotter..
than Halley’s on calm
of an august
eve,,
we chase sunsets
then hide
in the..
clear, let’s see if we can’t
catch that spark
before it speeds off
on shiny
rims..
sweatin’
tears..
in a panic to get
the hell out
of here
and..
away
from him.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
image at – https://annemckinnell.com/2014/05/08/light-painting-ghost-town/
gif at – https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/433541901614338930/
watch that cloud
watch you..
and record what
your fears do,
zig-zags up and down
the window
first BOOM shakes
food from
you,
i set my watch to
clouds, they
can be..
tracked but once you
watch one drift
off screen
you know
she’ll
not..
be back, despite the
heights we
reached
from flat rock on
quicksand
beach,
watch a clown wait
to see just what
you’ll do..
grin drips as his
teeth come
unglued,
giggles blend with
stars orbiting
my head,
in a fever crawl
to refuge of
the slab..
last spring snaps-
eyes go black..
rest whispers into
every hole
in search for space
i lay blank
faced,
watching that cloud,
until cymbals
sound, it
rains..
oily slick rains…..
a fistful of hair
clots the
drain.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
image at – https://inscribemag.com/50-stunning-eye-photo-manipulation-artworks-inspiration/
shed extra skin,
swept the
scales
into pyre and
sparked it
with
flick of my
tongue,
then dashed
bare and
shivering towards
tightest crack
of home’s
foundation..
and slithered in.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
image at – https://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/beauty/a9664077/3d-snake-lip-art-mimi-choi/
never cracked
a puzzle,
i sop
blood from
murder novels,
where every fiendly
foe travels with
a spool of
rope
and shovel for still
night clean ups,
dust ups in
dim
ditch brawls revived
in grainy recalls,
details on a couch
in some smooth
listener’s
office,
slurping his
americano like..
gas right from
the nozzle,
have i lied about
how well
i work life’s
puzzle?
maybe, maybe not,
that’s all
i got,
have all you want if
heart knows
you true,
and if fate supports
that string of
thought,
i’ve a star to pin
on you,
cheek lines sharp, so’s
the tug around
my heart,
as eyes re-adjust
to creaky
creak
of crusty lashes,
draw the
bath..
dissolving suds
down life’s
drain
boxed into my
jigsaw brain.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
image at – https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/265430971758916490/
gif at – https://imgur.com/gallery/H1ab0
sameness in jagged
pieces held
flush to chest, sun’s smirk
runs sleeve to
sleeve..
oh cheshire
prince,
enchanted forest
whispers i no
longer
believe..
‘cept when neck
deep in
sea
of
dream.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
image at – https://www.pictorem.com/162260/FOREST%20IN%20THE%20CLOUDS.html
concerns dissolved
and absorbed by
discovery,
mind peeling
back leaves,
just to
see
what the void’s
willing to
unveil
to mind
unravelling,
a misfit toy
unwound and
cradled
in the hands
of time.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
painting by Jackson at – https://www.jacksonsart.com/blog/2017/05/25/interview-dana-mallon-paintings-imagination/
help guard the stars
from hard glass
stares..
grant me the wish,
glowing in
a gush,
sing your tinsel lights
like breeze sways
clotheslines,
mama, what’s the rush
there’s a star
i wanna
touch..
can you give me
a running
push?
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
