May 2007 – Mannino Acid

Unfortunate Strings

Stretched tightly across the threshold of this life are strings of loveWhose vibrations once resonated voraciouslyThat now lie feverish in their idlenessRust settles across the once well polished wiresDecaying in the acrid air of insipidityPerfect in their imperfectionSlender in their imaginationForm beneath functionAnd function under-formed Craving delicate touches of angelic fingersThe disenfranchised diluvial dreamSomehow stillContinue reading “Unfortunate Strings”

The Paper Man

I am a paper man. Written on, rejected and recycled I carry only weight of pen strokes Invisible intent they promise I am vulnerable to the wind Slave to the currents Flammable Blown about tossed aside ashes scattered Unwanted love is a disease A curse of the mind Unable to shake the feeling And aContinue reading “The Paper Man”