state of the nation
Erica Woiwode is finishing her Master's thesis in creative writing (original poetry) at California State University, San Marcos. She is a writing and music teacher. Her poetry has been published in Academic Exchange Extra for four consecutive months, L.A. Miscellany (Los Angeles), The Poetry Conspiracy (San Diego) and the Cal State San Marcos Pride Literary Supplement.
By Erica Woiwode
on the grey sidewalks
of a million
small towns
the dead light
shines on
blood stained
sorrow mongers
the church of trash
as we kick our
emotional baggage
out the back
gate into
the sewers of
rotted trees
fucked under
the sun
and
dead animals
we
never
stop
running
after God
after sex
after taxes
aftermath
what is there?
falling
falling
falling
falling
if you lose
your
shoes,
the
snow
is thicker,
the
lines
are thicker,
the
brain
is thicker
in older times
we were
even madder
but now
we bleed
more
in the
blue plasma
of misunderstood
dust and bones
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