Gabriel Glenn

"note to self"

now that you're alone
like you wanted
drifting flotsam bones
how you planned it
does it hurt
to not have claim
justified pain
self-fulfilling
collectively-draining
pathologic-prophetic
essentially-esoteric
warily-waning
wax-poetic
such a pretty gift
why'd you turn it to shit
reverse midas
king of empty
abject longing
immolating
busy body rotting
in the black sun
taxidermied junkie
walking talking dead
can't risk sleeping
catastrophic
caught dreaming
waiting on saturn
don't think i've rationed
enough loathing
to survive the month
tidal moods move
thoughts surround you
triggered
like the gun
in the closet
knew when you bought it
unraveling had begun
hoped you might quit
if you loved him
two hearts bargain
but nothing's ever won
it's all white blanks
behind your face
existing in the margins
cozy coffin
kindness feels like arson
friendly advice
bitter poison
now that you're at home
in the gutter
shivered slumber
remember
when you wake
try to forget
how to take
gotta give now
give in
give up
sin proud
day is gonna come
levees gotta break
fault lines fall to the quake
just pray
you have the courage
to hold
and
to be held