I Sleep with Ghosts— Pt. 3 (preview)

“Sluggard!” came a cry, followed by a swift kick to the ribs. 

I groaned, rolling less than gracefully to the floor with a thud. 

“Rise! Greet the sun with tireless eyes! What’s a lad of your age doing in bed at this hour?”

My eyes rose from my prone state to meet the most peculiar sight. Tilted precariously on a thin cane of cedar swayed a weathered relic of a man, glaring down at me with utter contempt. Dark eyes peered out from beneath thick, grey brows, expertly posed in a menacing frown, undoubtedly perfected by years of practice. I could only assume this was his permanent expression. 

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Anonymous said: Are you going to post more of your I sleep with ghosts soon or is it over?

No I’ll definitely do at least one more, but I keep forgetting.

Maybe I can write that today. :)

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“Everyone’s youth is a dream— a form of chemical madness.”“How pleasant then to be insane!”
You can read more of my daily writing here.

I make picture/text post for the latest thing I wrote… stupidly dont save it anywhere, and then I realize I misspelled a word. 

Shit. 

I’ll re-do it tomorrow…

Anonymous said: Was your last poem about someone in particular? Who?

Nope. Nope nope nope!

Anonymous said: Do you think you would like to write novels or do you enjoy short stories/poetry more?

Novels, eventually. The idea seems so daunting at this point— impossible even.

So for now I am content playing with words in the form of shorter works.

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If we try hard enough I’m sure we could forget.
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The Sensible Thing

Caution is for the elderly and 
children who know no better, the

distance between their bed and
“dead” to them is just two letters.

Youth is too grand to be rational,
or judge each other’s deeds. The 

only ones who should give a damn
are the parents on their knees. 

So do the sensible thing— throw 
sense into the wind. For the days 

are numbered for all men, and 
every saint has sinned. 

 

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vurtual:

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“Easy to Please”
I’m going to write something every day this summer. I have the time. I’ll put something new up each and every night. 
Hold me to it. 
"And there were times when I knew how you felt and it was hell to know it." - Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita. (via jaaaaydeeee)

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"The more I try to explain myself, the less I understand myself." - Eugène Ionesco, Fragments of a Journal, translation by Jean Stewart (via frenchtwist)

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