Nightime wasn’t the way it was supposed to go down
In a town on the edge of the bay, daytime boats
You talking through tears about something that face did
And the way when he put his hand on your shoulder to say, “I’m sorry”
It made your skin crawl across the floor & disappear into the corner
Another glass [...]
On August 7, 2009, I read at Rapp Saloon, a reading at the hostel in Santa Monica, CA. I read two pieces: “Nearly impossible to unbuild something…” and “Nightime wasnt the way it was supposed to go down…” Please visit www.adambresson.org for more poetry and writing. Hope you enjoy!
Also tagged build, death, ikea, night, poetry, videoI will knowingly give you the starting point of the map, point of origin
But I will ask you to study cartography, ancient with magnets & tools
Learn the printing press placing plates of letters & numbers
Spread with ink made from plant dies on the skin of animals
You will start the continents in the top quadrant
Latitude & [...]
You have a spider on your wall
And as I try to divine its pattern as a crawl I think
Its eight legs pull in all directions so it lurches & stops
A shadow cast big across your wall, moving inches & traveling feet
Black is a color like any other, just one of the colors &
Inside it’s yellow [...]
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