Here are some of my favorite poems from "Staving Away the Sadness."
Enjoy!

Plain, White Room - 02/02

Technicolor red.
Forsake, abandon, refuse.
A plain, white room.
One chair, one small table.
Two small windows.
White curtains.
The wind blows through the room.
Musses the hair.
Plays along the clothes.
Eyelid twitches.
Virginal floor, white carpet, stained red.
The wind stops blowing
The curtains don't move.
Love is...
Forsake, abandon, refuse.
Technicolor red.

Broken Watches - 11/98

It's eleven fifty-six on my broken watch
It's the twenty-second day of some month
Time is standing still.
Nothing's going fast
My life is ebbing away

No time to waste or things to do
The clock will not move
Dead men tell no tales
Broken Watches keep no time

Antagonistic prick in my life
Hate this and want him to die
No time at this time, none ever
I'm stuck in an 11:56 world

No time to waste or things to do
The clock will not move
Dead men tell no tales
Broken Watches keep no time

Am I dead? Am I alive?
Do I care about anything?
Do I love anyone?
No time to answer

No time to waste or things to do
The clock will not move
Dead men tell no tales
Broken Watches keep no time

For: Walt

Deadly Glass - 03/01

The ice cube
Alcohol
Glass

Your hand
Lips
Teeth
Tongue
Throat
Stomach
Liver
Brain

Your friend
Car door
Keys
Ignition
Gas pedal
Blurred vision

The car in front of you
Stop light
Drunkenness
Delayed reaction

Your bumper
The bumper of the car in front of you
Sudden stop

Your head
Windshield
It's unwillingness to break

Your blood
Whiplash
Broken neck
Friend
Friend's fate as well

Your blood
Tears
Regret
Agony
Death