{"id":1622,"date":"2018-05-18T10:06:26","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T14:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/?p=1622"},"modified":"2018-05-18T11:57:43","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T15:57:43","slug":"it-all-started-with-a-ride-to-the-liquor-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/18\/it-all-started-with-a-ride-to-the-liquor-store\/","title":{"rendered":"it all started with a ride to the liquor store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>cartoon exterior<br \/>\nrandom street signs and broken tree lines<br \/>\nstretching like naked bodies toward oblivion<br \/>\nslightly buzzed and shirtless<br \/>\nunder an unattended sunset<br \/>\nwe seek sex like cancer and warm death<br \/>\nunattainable, unpredictable<\/p>\n<p>something\u2019s off<br \/>\ni missed another moment<br \/>\nwas it the pirates at parties<br \/>\ncocking their cannons<br \/>\nwas it the scantly clad hippy girls<br \/>\ncaught up in fire trances<br \/>\nwas it the sinister smile of the gypsy woman<br \/>\nor was it just another passing memory of me<\/p>\n<p>content and bleeding<br \/>\ni\u2019m a reluctant shaman<br \/>\nsitting on a crooked lawn chair<br \/>\nenveloped by caustic smoke<br \/>\nand the smell of burning pine<br \/>\nfrom a hastily lit fire<br \/>\ncast in earth sign<br \/>\nthe music is trying it\u2019s best<br \/>\nto carry me to a better place<br \/>\nas i daydream of whores, super heroes<br \/>\nand artists on acid<\/p>\n<p>once again i hold<br \/>\na thousand little words<br \/>\njumbled in a meshed calamity<br \/>\nwaiting to be spoken<br \/>\nor simply shown as a token<br \/>\nof simplicity\u2019s intelligence<\/p>\n<p>i failed at french tonight<br \/>\nand forgot blanc means white<br \/>\nthe wine and cigarettes are<br \/>\nburning my throat<br \/>\nand i just picked a tick<br \/>\noff my leg<br \/>\ncreepy little creatures that raid<br \/>\ni cut that fucker in half<br \/>\nwith a rusty razor blade<\/p>\n<p>the flower gardens are mass graves<br \/>\nwaiting for birds and bees<br \/>\nto pollinate and assassinate<br \/>\nred yellow scented memories<\/p>\n<p>tonight almost feels like summer<br \/>\nthe air is calm<br \/>\njust the right temperature<br \/>\nfor passion<br \/>\nand it\u2019s strange how i<br \/>\nsuddenly remembered that girl<br \/>\nthe one long since gone<br \/>\nand how i dreamt of her<br \/>\nwading in shallow pools with her<br \/>\nstrangers, kept in empty chambers<\/p>\n<p>there\u2019s no deadline now<br \/>\nbut somehow<br \/>\nwe are murdered at the last minute<br \/>\nby fantasies littered with<br \/>\nlives half lived<\/p>\n<p>i long for an un-retrievable mystery<br \/>\nto carry me through this unending evening<br \/>\nso, with resigned lament<br \/>\ni submit to the fatuous fury<br \/>\nof familiar fables<br \/>\nfabricated, and almost forgotten<\/p>\n<p>exclamatory illusions<br \/>\nleap forward from<br \/>\nthe the minds of mainstream mythology<br \/>\nas all this nonsense plays out<br \/>\nin a low definition rendition<br \/>\nand<br \/>\ncreaky bones<br \/>\nsteeped in<br \/>\nprecarious tones<br \/>\nof delicious elucidation<br \/>\nbring mornings fit for a cadaverous king<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/252-it-all-started-with-a-ride-to-the-liquor-store.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1634\" src=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/252-it-all-started-with-a-ride-to-the-liquor-store-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"252-it-all-started-with-a-ride-to-the-liquor-store\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/252-it-all-started-with-a-ride-to-the-liquor-store-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/252-it-all-started-with-a-ride-to-the-liquor-store-768x528.jpg 768w, 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