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
- heightened awarenessheightened awareness this side of the creek
- worn from treacheryworn from treachery
- if i had a soulif i had a soul would you free it?
- run in fearrun in fear of being replaced
- i wouldn't even shed a tearAs hard im sure it is to hear
- animated handsanimated hands
- lost tee shirti don't want to be another lost tee shirt
- failure is easy when you're 17failure is easy when you're 17
- named poem — "desertervirgin gates will rise
- futureskinfutureskin
- commitment ruins everythingcommitment ruins everything
- monet – londres, le parlementWindfall on shadowed city
- cadence callingcadence calling on her only friend
- named poem — "babelill with envy
- muddy memuddy me
- a sphere of blueA sphere of blue in the blackness of space.
- don't be latedon't be late
- le jour de la visite à l'hôpitalWitnessed myself in ivory paint
- conversion therapyvicious world opposing face
- i and ibent brace dead giveaway
- blackwaterso afraid this reign will last
- my father ratted me outmy father ratted me out
- cross my heartCross my heart and hope to die
- face first in the bible beltface first in the bible belt
- lock and loadlock and load young yellow sun
- don't ruin thisdon't ruin this it's the best you'll get
- named poem — "sunspota breeze again
- menacing menageriemenacing menagerie
- ribbons line her graveribbons line her grave
- rubber turned stonei'm all out of face