H4LF-F3R4L M4RG1NS PR0V1D3...

half-feral margins provide 
the comfort of shadows for 
those hiding from too much light 

W4LK1NG W1TH 0N3 3Y3 0P3N...

walking with one eye open 
to real life, but one focused 
on hidden realities 

W0RK1NG CL4SS C0SPL4Y3RS L4CK...

working class cosplayers lack 
the metaphysical scar 
tissue that comes with shit life 

M3M0R13S 0F 1GN0R4NT...

memories of ignorant 
bliss - blurry at best - confuse 
my current mind with old daze 

SVRV1V1NG TH3 PSYCH1C M1N3 F13LDS...

surviving the psychic mine fields 
leaves you trapped behind feelings 
of guilt, simply ‘cause you lived 

R04DS WH1CH P4SS W3LL-M4N1CVR3D...

roads which pass well-manicured 
facade’s front, zipping between 
stoplights with great impatience 

C3L3ST14L D1SC0NN3CT...

celestial disconnect - 
finding full moons in late night 
unscrolling of smart phone glare 

WH3R3 N0B0DY 1NT3RS3CTS W1TH...

where nowhere intersects with 
nobody, I seek nothing much 
more than little bit of peace 

M0R3 C0NN3CT3D TH4N 3V3R...

“more connected than ever” 
the wireless pollution tells 
us as we stare off blankly 

TH3M TH4T D0N'T 3SC4P3 TR41N WR3CK...

them that don’t escape train wreck 
penchant can only hope to 
sit half-broken in sunshine 

TH3M TH4T'S B0RN T0 D3NT GV4RDR41LS...

them that’s born to dent guardrails 
make games of self-destruction - 
stubbornly prove survival 

S0VTH3RN G0TH1CC FVTVR1ST...

southern gothicc futurist 
philosophy ain’t attached - 
go where you must to best thrive 

N0 M4TT3R H0W P3RM4N3NT...

no matter how permanent 
you build a foundation, the 
whole damned Earth might shift beneath 

L0V3 41N'T N3C3SS4R1LY...

love ain’t necessarily 
blind, but it sees with something 
better than biased eyeballs 

D3NY1NG D34TH'S 3MBR4C3S...

denying death’s embraces 
thus far - creating nonsense 
as often as possible 

0N TH3 D4Y 1 D13, 1 PR4Y...

on the day I die, I pray 
folks celebrate with wild 
laughter at stories of me 

R3M1ND1NG MYS3LF T0 CH4S3...

reminding myself to chase 
happiness, not perverted 
notions of what success means 

BLVRR1NG TH3 W0RLD 0N PVRP0S3...

blurring the world on purpose - 
when reality feels too 
sharp, folks will wanna get numb 

TH3 M4J0R1TY F33L L0ST...

the majority feel lost - 
digital smoke and mirrors 
keep everything in place 

"H3LP W4NT3D" W0RDS P3RV3RT3D...

“help wanted” words perverted 
by what work means - struggling and 
juggling to survive each week