Tag: free verse

I began to
Doubt
My competence

“Under the influence
Of narcotics,
Hypnosis

Echoe[s]…

“Free will,
Coercion,
[A] promise…”

I thought
I knew better

I swear…

Blind,
Rolling,
By touch

“Oh, uh doctor?
You a doctor?”

Shock
“Come back!
I'[m]… I’m done…”

B[l]ack out

Glumly,
Insufferably,

Holes
Punched in…

Dull.

First demand,
a need,
at the bottom of
the Pacific
is, something
very  different

[a] Titan

“Never.”
I hesitate
and wonder
whether…

 

Run home!
High up in
Antarctica,
Eyes red and
Knuckles callused.

The last choice…

Look!
Legless,
[A] human guinea pig.
The rare
Exception

The last choice…

So, go
Home.
It’s rough,
[It’s] dangerous.
[And]

You aren’t allowed to pick your last choice…