poetry

poems and fragments by saro. new pieces surface a few times a week.

• muddled heartstringsi've muddled my heartstrings down the bone
• mangled manshe cannot crawl but she can stand
• devils workmake the devils work of me
• i saw perfection oncei saw perfection once
• fresh lick of dewFresh lick of dew left in the grooves
• the moon searches the waterthe moon searches the water
• empty as the day we metempty as the day we met
• named poem — "tadpolegrowing like you do
• boston calling it quitsboston calling it quits
• can't believe i have you herecan't believe i have you here
• jealousy killed the bureaucratjealousy killed the beaurocrat
• garden demonsShe never gave one lick of truth
• genderless as privilegegenderless as privilege
• spin upon your little globespin upon your little globe
• the more you knowthe more you know
• swimming in your ashesswimming in your ashes
• fluttering phalangesfluttering phalanges
• please leave my sidePlease leave my side
• aching in the gut of greedaching in the gut of greed
• frozen boy with frozen applesfrozen boy with frozen apples
• wither woven wicker manwither woven wicker man
• mercury is in gatoradeMercury is in Gatorade
• scratching on my closet doorscratching on my closet door
• named poem — "meet (the tenderloin)meet me in the tenderloin
• complexion isn't problemcomplexion isn't problem
• nevernoughnevernough
• it's dangerous inside my heartit's dangerous inside my heart
• sudden deathsudden death
• legions falllegions fall
• chaos etched in marblechaos etched in marble