14 poets read from SGVPQ 55

Karineh Mahdessian

so

that
i know not
what the bottom
of
my abyss feels like
i smoke
cracked dreams
&
piped nightmares
stand naked
on corner streets
&
slang away
my words
desperate
to
make sense
 
so
that
i know not
what the bottom
of
my abyss feels like
i take
blunt razor blades
peekabooing from eyelids
&
peel away memories
desperate
to
stay alive