DUNCE

There's a little boy in the corner of my brain with his nose against the wall.

Four big letters spell out down the front of his cone-shaped hat.

wph

VT

16 years old

More by wph

  • Poetry

    By wph

    Midwestern Night

    Midwestern night.

    There’s something out in the fields,

    Something banging on the roof.


     

    Fresh vomit in the toilet.

    The sink is running, so you can’t

    Hear your own heavy breathing.


     

  • Poetry

    By wph

    Pliocene Morning

    There was a collapsed star.

    There was light at the very end of a cave.

    There was lightning that struck a tree.

    There was a baby born

    With a slightly bigger skull, one day.

     

  • Poetry

    By wph

    Final Bow of the Puppets

    The humans are out there taking their bows in the light where the world can see.

     

    We are piled up, 

    cold and immobile on the floor as the green room light fills