Tuesday 30 November 2021

fake sun.shine

in the age of machines they foraged

for scraps fought for territory

the latest liquid cooled solar powered billboard 

ridiculed them from the heavens  

they silently protested black fridays 

cyber mondays and the obsolescence 

of thoughtfulness 


#katyamills

Monday 29 November 2021

tired from sleepin

i got pummeled by dreams 

last night thrown into skirmishes

fought back but could not 

stay on my feet. now its morning 

and got to be ready sometimes

so tired from sleepin  


#katyamills



Sunday 28 November 2021

warrior 2

with a breath to the top of the lungs

and a prayer from the bottoms 

up they arose high

and headed in


#katyamills

Saturday 27 November 2021

december 5

in a sky swimming with currents

they held on to mom by fistfuls of cotton 

seated on a giant slab begging alms under the palms 

about to fall asleep when a set of shiny silver trumpets the angels did envy

heralded a monster rolling wheels big as they 

themselves   #katyamills

Friday 26 November 2021

black friday

on a frozen detroit morning

the cars slosh by the department stores

window shopping heat on the racks

please help a boy cried out disconnected

from reality and though they raised him 

they loved him they

didn't     #katyamills

Thursday 25 November 2021

confetti

days of heavy rain

the dry old world turned 

green our hearts yellow blue

then red. seeing you smile was a miracle

the desolate world teeming we crossed ourselves carelessly

skipping down jackets waxed halls

a stark freedom chased by 

the principles the rules

made for proper

confetti  

#katyamills

Wednesday 24 November 2021

ode to banana

i punctuated my morning 
pulling a comma off the bunch at the stem
a vessel 4 electrolytes 
symbol for art and inspiration
i got under its skin then it got under mine
repetition of consonant
and vowel

#katyamills

Tuesday 23 November 2021

org.asm

dyssed at a formal function 

sad kinda suicidal ina river of thought chasm 

wonderin what the fuck?


compositions on acid

dead show parking lots. organized isms

blue blockin the asms


save the copper attitude like a useless penny 

for a rainy day  


#katyamills




Monday 22 November 2021

starbound days

the one i hoped against hope to love in the starbound days took apart the sum of my words and selected from them a single choice, out of context, and left me, dissolute, with the remainder. i burned through nights, furiously attending my reduction. i did not rest until it was done. out in the street one dawn, shutting the door quietly behind, i carried the hearty broth to the needy  #katyamills

Sunday 21 November 2021

underground

no wonder good things live underground for once they see light so often they are trampled 

#katyamills

Saturday 20 November 2021

sailing

tacked down
put in irons whipped with sheets
and tapered knots
we caught a sudden gust from the west
and turtled
shocked by cold salt water
we emerged
free again we sailed
slanting rolling edging
one with foaming whitecaps
dotting the horizon


#katyamills

Friday 19 November 2021

indi.gen.ous

the fields how they turn 

from gold and fallow

lush. we let a yawn the crack of dawn

wrap ourselves in blankets

wool the usual layers 

had no pull

we kept warm with dance and

song. you need not read a book

to know love needs no push

to grow


#katyamills

Thursday 18 November 2021

socio

all the holiday ads

in all the holiday papers

could not put them

back together


the savings promised

future bank at the

coinstar


#katyamills

Wednesday 17 November 2021

disappearance

fog obscured the sun

the light drawn into water

photons strewn about in a diffuse haze

enfolding sky and land they 

walked into the forest 

never to return  


#katyamills

Tuesday 16 November 2021

thirty some

the threat was made the charges
stuck the kids were taken the awful
luck. what will it take to reunite?
will do almost anything the wrong
 to right and fight and fight and fight
and fight  #katyamills

Monday 15 November 2021

the heights

hair tied back

they mix chemicals into buckets

with water with beats

distorting the sound slowing it down

hands and knees for you

mopping waxing dusting

on the ground for you conceptualizing 

open the valves fire up the boilers 

in the cold for you 

smiling when the work is done they

disperse into the heights

leaving behind an unreal

shine   #katyamills

Sunday 14 November 2021

the out and about crowd

in the in crowd

for the sum of years and days they

self-cancelled over crossed feelings

and forged identity

made a blood pact with the outsiders

to be fearlessly out

and about   #katyamills



Saturday 13 November 2021

achilles

i threw the phone

against the cold soundless punishing 

darkness. the city an ocean and when it got mad...

the faces pale gaunt dissociated

stress seared into the foreheads

no more! i stretched to my deepest limit

saw it break apart and dove in 

after  #katyamills

Friday 12 November 2021

american farm

headlong

into your production

up at scratch every morning

intermittent flapping of eyelash

your ineffable ways 

like the moon but not a phase

ina daze you amaze 

every harvest  


#katyamills


Thursday 11 November 2021

thrills


tipping the scales toward 

creation in a world of 

destruction gives a spirit

thrills   #katyamills


11.11

pushed down

a thousand times

got up  

a thousand and 

one   #katyamills


Tuesday 9 November 2021

1994

i remember you giving me eyes

 outside Chicago your brothers 

your sisters anyone who happened by 

mom pushing meat 

and potatoes. we took sides 

off editorials in the Reader you 

gave me eyes young and in trouble i 

could not see i never wanted to hurt you

but i did  #katyamills 

Monday 8 November 2021

record store 1981

big decisions...

given a choice between

vodka and cigarettes

and the touted new release

vinyl was far less 

nutritious  #katyamills

Sunday 7 November 2021

the night an hour lost

on a sunday predawn

the candles liquid the

street lights glowing orbs  

in the fog i fought the bastards

in my sleep they set us back 

turning hands like clocks

i summoned source

for the great escape into

consciousness


#katyamills

Saturday 6 November 2021

re.run

good luck with the supercilious attitude 

your shocking entrance and exit

good luck with the shabby

coat of titles and flawless conceit

i love to walk the runway in eighties

thrift and taste my buttered fingertips 

watching this rerun play out  


#katyamills


Friday 5 November 2021

a.flame

twice i retreated to the mountains 

awakened (28 years) downhearted

reconnected to the old truth i was dodging 

i couldn't spark and turned to ash

again. then (forty years) i came out 

aflame writing for fighting for my life   


#katyamills

Thursday 4 November 2021

what i seen

orange lights

black kicks

hot lies

dirty rivers 

yellow eyes

subway entrances

blue thighs

scarred lips 

red skies


#katyamills


Wednesday 3 November 2021

life of an addict

internally pressured 

to score 

they squandered

all they had and went

without


#katyamills

Tuesday 2 November 2021

speak and therefore exist

i let the paper fall
scarred by a sudden memory
touch the silver lotus
with a laugh from no source i
ring the cup with a 
spoon. cat with no tail 
hidden in the hedge
by the rail i am talking
to myself to know i exist
the day will give a little
like cream softens coffee
she always got somethin 
to give

#katyamills



Monday 1 November 2021

the sun shines everywhere

the out and down

rather fuck off and get high

in the broke part of town

throw green glass

be with someone you know

or don't know don't matter

you feel about the same 

watching sunlight move

rather spirited yet

empty   #katyamills