
and now i finally understand the vow of silence those men in orange make
a heap of things underwhelming
by Neal

and now i finally understand the vow of silence those men in orange make
by Neal

I hope it was everything you wanted, even if I wasn’t.
by Neal

i have gotten good at
picking myself apart
i disassemble my body
piece by piece
i haul the walls down
shake out the gathered dust
the memories
the heartache
and after examining and cataloging
what is there
or no longer there
i try to put the pieces back
together
but i lost the directions
long ago
and inevitably there are parts
left out
left over
or just plain mishandled
and broken
there is a little bit
less of me
each time
pretty soon
i will be
just like
them
by Neal

i laugh
with the noose
and the knife
oh, we laugh
together
hard
by Neal