https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/section-71-long-lost-dmv-stuff Poetry I wrote long ago. en 2005-2012 shakespearesmonekys@gmail.com 42.65593 -71.33391 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:26:09 GMT yacs http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 70 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-525-cut-grass https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-525-cut-grass My grandfather told me the worst smell in the worldis the smell of burning flesh and rotting bodies. He told me quietly, under his breath,like it was something I shouldn''t know. He used to tell me I was as perfect as a flowerwhile we sat on the creaking back porchand I watched him roll withered little cigarettes. I accepted all his advice as if they were fablesthings that became part of my illusions of adulthoodlong before the real world sat on my shoulders. And I promised him that I would never go to war. ... more ShannonV Long Lost DMV Stuff Mon, 05 May 2008 03:47:15 GMT /section-71-long-lost-dmv-stuff#comments 7 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/525 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/525 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A525 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-446-avoiding-infection https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-446-avoiding-infection I am bleeding less, now. I soaked the blood up with cottonwool and wrapped myself in gauze and silence. I''m sure I lost more than I thought because now my skin is pale, tender to touch and I can''t stop shaking. You cut me and I bleed I bleed I bleed. Salt water. I should use salt water to keep out disease. But the sea is too far away norm Long Lost DMV Stuff Fri, 02 May 2008 22:58:42 GMT /section-71-long-lost-dmv-stuff#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/446 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/446 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A446 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-385-girls-know-how-to-touch-girls https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-385-girls-know-how-to-touch-girls with the moonlight blue caress on every ripple shimmer finger trace embrace cup of your breast test and taste wrapped your legs and pressed the sun would never touch but with the dawn we turn and burn with nothing but those scents and spent sighs lost without and shouted lacking words and slipped inside breathed into me to see and shake heartache and break me she the one who saw the flaw of amber flickers licked and eyes disguised sweet shudders pink and pinch and ride deep in subside the things you didnt know the things that I could show ... more norm Long Lost DMV Stuff Fri, 02 May 2008 22:55:26 GMT /section-71-long-lost-dmv-stuff#comments 2 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/385 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/385 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A385 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-479-cocaine-sex https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-479-cocaine-sex i can taste taste taste you/bitter gums and stony teeth/i could see you without my eyes/and you would still be beneathmy skin/ below my ego/i can taste taste taste you/the way you crushed my lipsagainst your chestbone/ andthe feel of you at the backof my throat/ pushing behindmy eyes/ pulse in my earsdrowns out the bass-line of yourtears/ suffocate on your rhythm/your touch/ the way you beg beg begme to stay/ am i breathing/ am ihere/ is that your skin/ your sex/your hands/ your death against me/i can taste taste taste you/and everytime you made me bleed/made me scream/ torn ... more starla Long Lost DMV Stuff Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:58:54 GMT /section-71-long-lost-dmv-stuff#comments 7 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/479 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/479 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A479 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-390-infatuation-counts https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-390-infatuation-counts 1.i cant find youanywhere i lookwhen i sleep you are alwaysout of reachjust beyondmy fingertips your phone is offand i cant stop crying the acrid moonlightbelongs to me i blame you * 2. is she prettier than me you piece of shitof course she is i havnt washed in daysbecause i cant leave your smell in my bed andyou are the other end of the country leavingme with the blinds drawn and the coffee potand all the sweet smelling stains 3. your words keep me alive never againyou say but i will win you back i will wear red ... more starla Long Lost DMV Stuff Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:48:53 GMT /section-71-long-lost-dmv-stuff#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/390 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/390 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A390 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-432-i-m-dead-and-i-blame-you https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-432-i-m-dead-and-i-blame-you For wasted liquorice days and nights spentwith legs sprawled and black expressions. Offer me cream filled eclair and bespeak will I,Yet, provide compassion and i will bleed likepricked blue steak into crisp green salad. Coerced hostility to toughen my edges(rub lakes of salt into fresh gashes)and I become another nothing storm. I have disregarded tears since you removed my eyes starla Long Lost DMV Stuff Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:48:33 GMT /section-71-long-lost-dmv-stuff#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/432 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/432 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A432 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-407-forever-beautiful https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-407-forever-beautiful Where the whole world is made of glassthey painted a boxto be my home.& there in my pretty boxI played with rag dolls& put pins through the tips of my fingers& through the centre of my eyes.I kissed photographsof all the people I once knew& then burned them over blue flamed candles,silently saying goodbyeto a life left behind. I carved patterns in my skin& stopped eating,to be forever beautiful.I pretended I could seemy scarred reflection in the looking glass.I chewed off my own tongueto stop the lies I could tell& pushed needles into ... more starla Long Lost DMV Stuff Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:46:59 GMT /section-71-long-lost-dmv-stuff#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/407 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/407 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A407 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-428-first-daisy-then-me https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-428-first-daisy-then-me chromatic eyes blind me andstrip me down to powdered bonetempered heart attunedto burning winter morningsand ochre earth to pierce meand deeply penetrate first daisy of the new yeartastes bitter as your juicesyou bilge to the back of my throatpetals crushed carelesslybetween yellowed fingertips andground into my pelvis withsilent undulation spring approaches to smotherand leave me with rough touch i will taste you until winter starla Long Lost DMV Stuff Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:46:29 GMT /section-71-long-lost-dmv-stuff#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/428 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/428 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A428 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-505-drowning-dolls https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-505-drowning-dolls through the dirtdraggedcorporeality you are mine our arcanumbeneath bloodied sheetshidden counting fingersstrands of hairhalfmoon smileblinded surreptitious dawn followstreacherous starlightbeneath which there is onlyour darknessand the bitter tasteof our sweet deception face downliquid fills your lungsand the stars begin to shine starla Long Lost DMV Stuff Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:45:34 GMT /section-71-long-lost-dmv-stuff#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/505 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/505 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A505 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-392-cinnabar-lips-pictures-on-my-eyelids https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-392-cinnabar-lips-pictures-on-my-eyelids she sips fromwhipped cream coveredhot sweet stickiness tongue with diamond studfrom between cinnabar lipsremoves chocolate flakesand multicoloured lies book extended in my handi pretend to myselfi dont stare at women especially not tattooed and piercedand tasting of honey especially not dark hairedto contrast my redto fall on my pillowon my thighs pictures on my eyelidsof skin and breastsand metal bolts boys with the devilriding pillion girls with red dilated pupils i think of youin much the same way starla Long Lost DMV Stuff Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:44:56 GMT /section-71-long-lost-dmv-stuff#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/392 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/392 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A392 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-411-bored-and-screaming https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-411-bored-and-screaming I''m gonna play with you and myself all night Then I''m gonna throw you outside with the dogs and the dinner scraps stop thinking about me Idiot starla Long Lost DMV Stuff Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:44:31 GMT /section-71-long-lost-dmv-stuff#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/411 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/411 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A411 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-384-and-then-there-was-blue https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-384-and-then-there-was-blue found in the boundless unfound of the skies behind his eyes and the swallowing brash of the crashing waves the shores must brave a polished moonstone in the monsoon of night held in the light and then there was blue nothing but the skies and the incessant seas with unfathomable eyes the day to ensue the biting salt on my lips and my hips taking sway lost in the time delay the sinking of the sun unbegun or forever begotten with taste forgotten aphasic Long Lost DMV Stuff Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:35:43 GMT /section-71-long-lost-dmv-stuff#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/384 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/384 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A384 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-404-and-she-never https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-404-and-she-never eye socketsfilled with cementthey found herfalling overherself againin the clover silly girl the crowds sighed and continuedtheir daywith noseto the grindstonesoon downto bone she coughedand splutteredand utteredponderously why would this happen to a girlsuch as me nobody caredor even turnedto stare and she neverwas seen again Derma Kaput Long Lost DMV Stuff Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:28:49 GMT /section-71-long-lost-dmv-stuff#comments 2 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/404 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/404 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A404 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-426-disposing-of-your-corpse https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-426-disposing-of-your-corpse tearing out your internal organsso i could move into your shellseemed like a good ideaat the time shredding flesh from bonewith bare hands and pointed teethwas my way of showing how muchi miss you when you go after dismantling your lifei climbed on boardto ride you as light ebbedfrom your eyes wanted to give you one last thrill(from me, not her,from me) before holding your heartin my clenched fist standing naked, dripping with bloodover your sweet smelling corpsei considered quick-limebefore swinging the hammer starla Long Lost DMV Stuff Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:45:43 GMT /section-71-long-lost-dmv-stuff#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/426 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/426 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A426 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-517-blood-and-other-fluids https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-517-blood-and-other-fluids whilst drawing comparisons to your tearsi realised that all meanings expire silentlylike the passing of a butterfly your exit wound made a mess on my couch i tried to draw around youwith white chalkbut i got blood and piss on my jeansin ink-blot patterns that made me think of sunrisesand carnations i tried to do it naked but my skin kept slippingsome selke sliding in her own sweet problemsthe blood ruined the chalk and got beneath my fingernails so i traced your outline with masking tapebefore dragging your body to my dump freezeri used these ancient cum-stained sheetsto absorb the ... more starla Long Lost DMV Stuff Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:33:30 GMT /section-71-long-lost-dmv-stuff#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/517 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/517 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A517 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-518-beneath-everything-ramblings https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-518-beneath-everything-ramblings And, lost in those moments when I am no longer real,I remember that you were a simply a spoilt little boywith a red-haired little girl wrapped around your finger for just a little bit too long. Beneath everything I have ever believed inthere was only everyou.(The inside of my mouth always tasted of something you left behind) Four years on my knees and all I have to show for itare these bruises that wont heal.Blood ruptured beneath the surface of this inevitability.(can bruises leave scars?) And of course, my self indulgent wordswhich never meant ... more starla Long Lost DMV Stuff Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:33:03 GMT /section-71-long-lost-dmv-stuff#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/518 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/518 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A518 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-412-blackened-spoons https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-412-blackened-spoons i carried you to bed, night after night, when you were too far gone to see me anymorecarefully undressed you and lay at your side until your eyes filled with twitching nightmare ridden sleepyour thinned yellow fingers knotted in my hacked red hair and your breath coming in strangled gaspsi always kissed the pale brown furrow between your eyebrows and whispered that i loved you i would creep downstairs and collect scraps of burnished foil and splinters of my lovefrom the dusty threadbare carpet in the loungeand scrub blackened spoons at the sink without waking your motherpassed out at the ... more starla Long Lost DMV Stuff Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:31:57 GMT /section-71-long-lost-dmv-stuff#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/412 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/412 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A412 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-451-baby-you-said https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-451-baby-you-said whispered you would take mebreak me and earthquakeshake my worldwith frivolous kissesand chains of pearls i taste the seaand the sun blistersbut there is nowherei need to be other thancocooned in youand endless blue starla Long Lost DMV Stuff Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:31:18 GMT /section-71-long-lost-dmv-stuff#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/451 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/451 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A451 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-511-awe-inspired-and-forgotten https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-511-awe-inspired-and-forgotten your amber hair spiders around my splintered memoriesand the day you dyed it black and told me i was brokeni knew it was true but i had no idea how you could tell your photograph inspired me to walk until i had forgotten you pushed a needle into my fingertip and told meit was how i made you feellike forming fists around shattered glass and pin cushionslike swallowing gravel and bones i could never forget and i wish you would leave me alone you could only be happy if i cut your thighs with razorbladesif i would bite you until ... more starla Long Lost DMV Stuff Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:30:02 GMT /section-71-long-lost-dmv-stuff#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/511 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/511 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A511 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-435-almost-immortality https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-435-almost-immortality I am the yellowed paper upon which you scrawl your sonnet words for the stretched parchment of my transparent skin Heavens fall yet you remain my One True God starla Long Lost DMV Stuff Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:28:15 GMT /section-71-long-lost-dmv-stuff#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/435 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/435 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A435