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

    Wristwatches

    All along the ticking surface

    All the sand along the edge

    All deep down in long dry throats:

    Fingers press.

    Hands Press.

     

    All from loose and baggy skin

    Round half-lucid teary minds

  • Poetry

    By wph

    Steps

    1. Wake up later than you need to, earlier than you want to and happier than you deserve to.

      2) Take a shower. Look at your big little body in the mirror before you get in. 

  • Poetry

    By wph

    2/15/Forever

    Someday there’ll be holes in these walls

    Where pictures of you once hung from thumbtacks 

    And the little squares of wall they used to take up 

    Will crumble and rot.