Poetry by Melodie Yvonne
Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world
Tag: poem
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Originally published online Jan 11, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Broken by Melodie Yvonne I’m so fucking broken that I can’t even breatheThis constant bullshit pressure has got me on my kneesI only need one person to keep their fucking wordbut a giant bullshit symphony is…
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Originally published online Jan 10, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Lazy Cyanide by Melodie Yvonne Feelin’ like I’m emptyLike I’m dyin’ deep insideComfortably untouchablein numbness where I hideFeelin’ like I’m drowningand my heads a lead balloonMy scuba mask’s a plastic bagand I’ll be sinking soonFeelin’ like…
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Originally published online Jan 7, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Hocus Pocus by Melodie Yvonne Torn between what I got leftand what I got to loseRacks my mind and twists my soulIt’s givin’ me the blues I wanna know just what to doand surely it’ll hit…
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Originally published online Jan 4, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available hereThis piece can also be found in the Poetry Collaboration Sin & Skin — available on Amazon here My Love Melody by Melodie Yvonne I don’t know that I love youbut I do know that it’s truethat…
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Originally published online Jan 3, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here The Harmony of Symmetry by Melodie Yvonne The harmony of symmetry alleviates anxietyunlike the crooked pictures that need straightenedand here I sit without you drooping low and all askewlike a worthless piece of trash that you’ve…
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Originally published online Dec 30, 2016 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: The Neverending Sequel — available here The Dream Breakers by Melodie Yvonne We are the dream makers fighting the dream breakersHordes of depressed silent massesThey seek out the others destroying their brothersContent to be lowly and fascist We’re fighting good people and…
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Originally published online Dec 30, 2016 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: The Neverending Sequel — available here Dreaming in Reverse by Melodie Yvonne Every time I’m dreaming my dream I’m back on that bus to DetroitWith every tear drop that falls away goes a little bit more of that noiseThe rain turns to…
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Originally published online Dec 28, 2016 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: The Neverending Sequel — available here Bean Salad by Melodie Yvonne A hydro strung necklace and vicodin leashmakes him follow me quiet like a good lil leechHe follows his momma, still suckles her teetsHe’s just sweet as puddin’ as long as he…
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Originally published online Dec 17, 2016 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: The Neverending Sequel — available here Myself Being Me by Melodie Yvonne Being myself is myself being meUnfiltered absurdity’s what I set freeI got all these skills and I got what you needBut I’m not just the kind of girl you get…
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Originally published online Dec 14, 2016 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: The Neverending Sequel — available here A Beautiful Mess Like Me by Melodie Yvonne You are a beautiful mess just like meI see in your arms my safe place to be freebut we are two fools that can’t get it togetherwrithing in…
