once upon a—
no forget it—
**THERE IS NO SUSTENANCE HERE.**
this house of bones and
hero worship, scraping us all
down to the knees,
under covers
clinging
faithless
by the
knuckles
to celebrity
skin
like cheap porn or
moldy wallpaper
*best scrubbed
thoroughly in the
bathroom sink*
another shitty politician
a can of Pringles and a
half tank of gas
media frenzy
brick by brick
forever halting our
tongues before the fire
oh, how
i wish i had a
place to go where
what i imagine is
as important as
what i know
where everywhere you look
isn’t a
deep
blue
funk
like a fog you
just can’t shake
where genius is genuine
and we’re not all
fashionistas
spending our
Saturdays sipping
lattes on a swing set
or otherwise in the
business of making
caricatures
of ourselves
The Used Life 
12 responses to “Salt Lick”
tell it! shakespeare’s soliloquy about being or not being takes another form here
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Yes, ma’am! I’m glad you enjoyed it…and I like the parallel you drew there. You’ve given me a new way of looking at this…thank you 🙂
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you are welcome 🙂
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Love this. Just fantastic.
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Thank you!
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Such a delight to taste the words and rhythm.
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Thank you so much! I’m really glad you liked this one 😁
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Ultramodern. The honesty in this is so refreshing! Really enjoyed reading it 🙂
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Thank you so much! 🙂 I find that writing pieces like this are somewhat cathartic.
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[…] contains a cathartic–and decidedly positive-feeling–element for me as a poet. Like Salt Lick. I’ve never thought about this before. A re-envisioning of the negative aspects of our […]
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“Oh how i wish i had a place to go where what i imagine was as important as what i know” Perfect!
I have spent a while this evening reading some of your pieces.
Great food for thought and so beautifully punctuated with the art work. Thank you.
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Wow, thank you very much for taking the time to read my work. I am glad you enjoyed it. This piece, in particular, was a lot of fun. Thanks again for the comment!
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