Wayfarer, directionless … an automatic tread …The middle of the middle of an impossible journey …No land. No markers. Nothing but wanderings of the mind. … What waters?Calm silent black waters, indiscriminate. …Air and waters equally warm, equally black … The little node of consciousness cannot see,Cannot feel even feel his own body, his own … More Midnight Waters #poem by Dr. Lawrence Nannery
Radio bigmouth, and out of that hornthat song. Back when everything I was was longingthis song exposed it all. The longing, the loneliness,the desire to be worthyif only you would love me,so strong it was immobilizing,my whole soul swimming under the feeling. I am thankful therefore that I now cannot remember you exactlyor the sound … More Echoes #poem by Dr. Lawrence Nannery
It’s when he leaves work that the process begins.He goes in his cruddy car down the same old streets,and stops off at the same old cruddy Seven Eleven,where they never give credit, no matter how long they know you.Then beers in hand, he comes up the stairs where no one’s home.The wife flew the coop, … More The Post Office Murders by Dr. Lawrence Nannery 2016-10-27
Walking up behind you,pulling back your elbows like wings,feeling you shudder as you climaxand turn your face back to me,hearing your whole throat say my name –your tenebrous voice, your sweet need of me.
Smile at me, baby. Show those teeth of yours.I love those teeth, so beautiful, so regular.When you flash them at me I feel so loved. Come. Smile at me then come over to me.Come to me and sit on my lap.Take my hand and throw your legs over mine. Then we shall be close.And I … More Smile by Dr. Lawrence Nannery 2018-11-19
The wind in the shadeThe damp of the cellarsThose mornings of the summer The air light, light as the brightnessof the Sun, rising in fullnessthe fullness of beingconcentrated, clearer, whiter and hotter. It could, at midday, bore a hole in the air,even quieten the rush of the rolling wavesdown at the beach. But before that, … More Sensations of Summer by Dr. Lawrence Nannery 2019-08-02
I What did you say when you called me on the phone that time, Ralphy Baby?You said you were dying of a brain tumor.Took my breath away.I couldn’t calculate. I said:“Don’t say that, Ralphy.”So you said: “And what’s up with you?” What else did you say to over the phone that time, Ralphy Baby?You asked … More Ralphy Baby by Dr. Lawrence Nannery 2016-06-15
I Laughingest man! – it wasn’t an act, it was desperation.It was larger than yourself, little man.They all said you’d come to an end with it some day, kill yourself with it:the veins standing out in your temples, ready to burst,That cackle, those whoops, sweat dripping off your face. Laughter as expostulation: Jesus, Mary and … More It was the Laughter by Dr. Lawrence Nannery 2021-12-17
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