Poetry by Melodie Yvonne
Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world
Tag: Photographic Memories: Nein
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This piece will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein — available here soon Moving Along by Melodie Yvonne Hold my breath to hide this sadnessCan’t find my grip in this madnessAnd I’m begging you to take it back I know I’m here at my weakestWish you could have somehow seen usBut you left…
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This piece will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein — available here soon Shattered by Melodie Yvonne Everyone I’ve ever helped has took a piece of meI’m a jigsaw with just edges, and my middle’s all emptyMy puzzled heart’s all broken wonderin’ what on earth I’ve doneI’m a shattered stained glass window echoing…
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This piece will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein — available here soon The Boneyard by Melodie Yvonne My friends list is a graveyard for my exesIt’s a place where people live that used to call me “bestie”It’s a silent unseen mass I judge myself againstIt’s a lifelong list of all the “friends”…
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This piece will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein — available here soon Discontinued by Melodie Yvonne I still remember that way that you loved meat least I thought that’s what love was.your face when you were trying to impress me…it was just the charm you bought at the bar. You shined like…
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This piece will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein — available here soon Excuse me, Sir… Is There a Room Available? by Melodie Yvonne Is there a world where you could want me? Somewhere we could be?Is there a life where you could be here wrapped all around me?Is there somehow a little…
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This piece will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein — available here soon Still by Melodie Yvonne I still think about you all of the timeYou bounce back and forth in the rooms in my mindAnd I don’t know why or if you’re there to stayBut I’m so sick of cryin’ ‘bout you…
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This piece will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein — available here soon Perceptions by Melodie Yvonne I thought you were twitterpated, but you thought I chargedI hoped maybe we’d find love, but your dick was just hardI thought I would get to know you, you said please don’t tellI forgave and let…
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This piece will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein — available here soon I’d Rather Be Angry by Melodie Yvonne Drinkin’ that tequila that I did that night with youYou was done with me before we drank that bottle throughAnd maybe I ain’t finished ‘cause I’m hopin’ you’ll turn backBut tonight feels kinda…
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Originally published online Jan 22, 2023, in the print collection Photographic Memories: Eight Ways to Nein, and is the title piece in the upcoming collection Oxies and Roxies and Suboxies! Oh my! — available here Oxies and Roxies and Suboxies! Oh my! by Melodie Yvonne Oxies and Roxies and Suboxies! Oh my!Sometimes I think it’d…
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This piece will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein — available here soon Hollow by Melodie Yvonne Drag me in the deep end and then tell me that it’s shallowAll your fucking promises are nothin’ more than hollowAnd now I’m thinkin’ those words don’t mean what you think they mean‘Cause “soon” sure don’t…
