High Functioning (By Cat Matchuk)
Pen scratches, dirty dishes
stained pillowcases
uniform
Sleep. Continue reading “High Functioning”
High Functioning
Tag: poems
Definition of Insanity
Definition of Insanity (By Cat Matchuk)
It happened again,
An unwelcomed guest
Crossed paths before
Over and
over again. Continue reading “Definition of Insanity”
Cut, Burn, Bury
Cut, Burn, Bury (By Cat Matchuk)
Cut, cut, cut
the young girl’s hair falls to the floor.
You ask yourself, who will I be now?
I want to drink whiskey straight from the bottle
and wear leather
Continue reading “Cut, Burn, Bury”
Tickets
Tickets (By Cat Matchuk)
Seeing is believing.
A sea of red in a crowd of voices,
people who were once separated.
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.
Cat M. Lalonde 