thunder
sendingsubsonic
vibrationsthrough
a manic fool
thrumming with
thesameprimalpower
harnessing plasma
in pulsating waves
of endless anxiety
asfrustratedtears
stain the day

the words
fightferociously
demanding perfection
inpurgatorialprose
mylonelinessladen
streamofunconsciousness
navigating the layers
while numb fingers
try to keep up
lactic acid leaks
from untying nots
knottedandclotted
in sputters and stops

aclingingcavalcade
in past tensions
make the present tense
feelobligatoryandoutdated
seeking solvent solutions
inexacerbatedsilences
as the rain hammers
against stained glass
memorials to never was

author or auteur
poet or pretend
it doesn’t matter
whenthesufferingisall
you can be sure is real
writing odes to self harm
in a desperate attempt
to make the agony palpable
rather than this
nebulous disaster
pulsating in rapid
oscillations along with
the tongues of lightning
cuttingthoughquakingclouds