Tickets (By Cat Matchuk)
Seeing is believing.
A sea of red in a crowd of voices,
people who were once separated.
Tickets
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No One’s Coming to Save You
No One’s Coming to Save You (By Cat Matchuk)
How very studious of you
How very productive
Pour another glass, tuck yourself in
You have nowhere to go
no one to see
Not in this world Continue reading “No One’s Coming to Save You”
Past Lives
Past Lives (By Cat Matchuk)
Time starts and stops
and starts to stop
Between the seconds I’ve lived a dozen lives.
Threaded Lips
Threaded Lips (By Cat Matchuk)
She speaks and swallows back the words
as soon as they leave her tongue,
a delayed censoring. Continue reading “Threaded Lips”
A Book Falls
A Book Falls (By Cat Matchuk)
A book falls, I fall.
The proper thing to do is to pick it up, dust it off and hold it close to your heart.
Not me, not this time.
Why Him?
I feel compelled to write about my new tattoo, especially because a couple reactions were, “why him?” Follow me on a short but wonderful journey of self discovery and mild ink addiction.
Runaway Swan Song
Runaway Swan Song (By Cat Matchuk)
Although I haven’t climbed these stairs in years
they always sound the same
under my feet.
Creak and splinter
in the same spots. Continue reading “Runaway Swan Song”
Insomnia
Insomnia (By Cat Matchuk)
I only see you in dreams.
Don’t dwell on it
Don’t think about what could have been Continue reading “Insomnia”
Cat M. Lalonde 