by phillipw | Sep 18, 2019 | SE
Self-examination: a sonnet trilogy If you should meditate upon yourself To know more clearly who and what you are, You might discover that you are an elf, A ukelele, not a bass guitar; That when your core becomes a fire, its fizz, Is like those birthday...
by phillipw | Sep 18, 2019 | SE
My Skeleton is not a Cage 0 My skeleton is not a cage, or, if It is, a curious one. Important parts Are held outside the bars, though some are stiff As cartilage or bones. This fact imparts A certain freedom to my meaning, to What I define by my existence. I Am not...
by phillipw | Sep 7, 2019 | SE
The Long Assault It’s better than a god, because it’s real. It wants libations, worship from your mouth, Caresses for its selfishness, to feel Some total sacrifice from going south On it–and wants complete submission, true Abasement, like a...
by phillipw | Sep 1, 2019 | SE
Liquid Resistance Enfolding skin that covers muscles, flesh, Makes paradox of softness, firmness in My arms, themselves a melting strength. We mesh Where holiness combines with soul of sin Or with an element that cannot stain, That cannot be improved. We call it...
by phillipw | Aug 20, 2019 | SE
A Smart Ass They throttled me and threw me on the bed, Then peeled my shirt off, yanked away my pants And pulled my Y-fronts past my feet. No shred Of me was covered when they’d finished. Chants Began at once. “RED BELLY!” shouted all The boys,...
by phillipw | Aug 9, 2019 | SE
Medical Technology Advances The time will come when someone will invent A scanner for the human heart. Clear views Resulting in a pure astonishment Will force high-minded lovers to refuse The findings. Expectations will be scrubbed. For those who thought that simple...
