All Work From Katelyn

Just Feel.

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:41:42 -0700

Katelyn published a new piece under Poetry:

He leaned in to look at herSaid, carefully, slowly,"I thinkI'm fallingin lovewith you."Quickly she buriedHer face in his neckNibbling on his earBefore whisperi...

Becoming.

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 05:05:55 -0700

Katelyn published a new piece under Poetry:

When I curtsey to the King and Queenthe nodding of my headhides a slight lift at the edgesof my lips, transforming them so even my crystallinetongue could not form a phrasesaccharine enough to take away the frost.

Cigarettes. the American Dream and you.

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 06:30:50 -0700

Katelyn published a new piece under Poetry:

The inhale and exhale of the smoke is comforting.Slow suicide,...

They always told me to smile...

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:06:06 -0700

Katelyn published a new piece under Poetry:

It was just a misunderstandingWhen I blew my brains outApathy splattered on the wallHatred dripping out my veinsNo sadness in my eyesOnly a hunger that led to starvingAnd a shotgun smile

You were my first mistake.

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 01:27:55 -0700

Katelyn published a new piece under Poetry:

i use words to scrape off scar tissueAt least once a dayRevealing soft skin screaming it’s subservienceA pen...

Lost at Sea

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:37:47 -0700

Katelyn published a new piece under Non-fiction:

Lost - irrevocably and unequivocally.And so god damn lonely.If my life was a movie, this is where they’d cue the music. Preferably something gritty and real, like Bruce Springsteen played on a record. Maybe Co...

anything but.

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:33:58 -0700

Katelyn published a new piece under Poetry:

don’twhisper sweet nothingsinto my earthere are better waysfor ...

Sickness

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:46:55 -0700

Katelyn published a new piece under Non-fiction:

This hacking cough developed overnight. It seems there’s always something stuck in the back of my throat that won’t go away, no matter how often I try to clear it. If I felt anythin...

I'm fine.

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:23:22 -0700

Katelyn published a new piece under Non-fiction:

I could tell you about the summer, the days spent laying out on a towel on the topside of a pontoon boat, playing endless games of cards. When the beads of swea...

words

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:49:27 -0700

Katelyn published a new piece under Poetry:

i am punishing paper for my transgressionswriting words that echo blankly from a masticated penblood knit together with caffeine and nicotinethoughtless clichés race over the edge of formless lipswhile fingers ...

raw

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:46:55 -0800

Katelyn published a new piece under Poetry:

her naked fleshmelodramatic, sunburn reddisheveling bleached Egyptian cotton sheetssand clinging to her feet, between her toesup her calvesmaking the bed gritty, rawlike she is when compared to the room&rs...

Impact

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:54:02 -0700

Katelyn published a new piece under Poetry:

years ago I watchedcars collidefrom the passenger seat& now I can detectwhen my days startticking intocar-crash secondswaiting, unableto press harderon the gas.

goodbye

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:24:50 -0700

Katelyn published a new piece under Poetry:

"I want to come home.Now," I said.she was sympathetic but told me to be reasonable.I attempted to say, “he wasn’t”and all that came out was a sob.I pulled myself together just enough ...

Cleveland

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:22:19 -0700

Katelyn published a new piece under Poetry:

she was city lights and asphalt dreamsraised between fields of wheatyou’d have to ask to hearabout early mornings, scent of cows clingingto clothes dried with a hand cranknot complaint, it was fact she hated it<...

the most important meal of the day

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:12:28 -0700

Katelyn published a new piece under Poetry:

my early memories smell like baconsound like eggs fryingtaste sticky sweet like maple syrup on french toastI’d sit on the counter - watching him mix, scramble, stireven munching on burnt toast, I’d proclaim his ...

why I find it hard to pray in hospitals

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:37:11 -0700

Katelyn published a new piece under Poetry:

the hospital’s florescent lightswash the hallsthe same yellowa tornado turns the air,making the linoleu...

Athena's Rebirth

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:35:32 -0800

Katelyn published a new piece under Poetry:

I missed the foreshadowingthe way his smile would flicker, wave, cracklike lightning hitting an antennahow when he spoke, the words throbbedwhen he asked me to run away with himI said nobecause I ...

Why I'll need sleeping pills.

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:43:31 -0800

Katelyn published a new piece under Non-fiction:

The dull point of boredom prods at me when I lie down, just like the throbbing baseline of the song that’s playing in the background. It rumbles deep and low from my computer speakers and subwoofer, across the room to me. I can’t tell ...

Because I'm weak.

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:48:34 -0800

Katelyn published a new piece under Poetry:

I don’t really like the taste -it makes me cringe,shudder, close my eyes,jerk my head.Still, I bingeLoving it as punishment, foreshadowingthe catharsis.When later,I'll heave my insi...

Wondering.

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:22:44 -0800

Katelyn published a new piece under Poetry:

What makes someone happy, I wonder (And I wonder...) On days like this Being tired is a luxury I can ill afford The price for peace of mind The delving into and clearing of My conscience...

The Iron Queen and Hades

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:32:24 -0800

Katelyn published a new piece under Poetry:

the ground may have splitexposing his sooty featuresthose eyes of raw coalcheekbones of sharp slatelips flavored with ashbut this was no abductionI recognized it was costume jewelrycatching my attent...

False Idol.

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:48:47 -0800

Katelyn published a new piece under Poetry:

the sun rides on the wind, hiding behind dense clouds. sweet ignorance, how I hate you - with your silver tongue those heavy sighs, you come in whispers hide in lies. I...

put together with duct tape.

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:18:45 -0700

Katelyn published a new piece under Poetry:

It tests your ability to follow the leader.reachout The Fires Won’t Go Outfollow the crowdkeep in stepsettle inThat will never alter societyDO SOMETHINGwhisper REBEL YELLmakes them wonder...

Imprints

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:24:24 -0700

Katelyn published a new piece under Non-fiction:

The sky looks like it’s barely holding back the rain. I can’t help eyeing it with mistrust, thinking that the clouds will rip open at any moment to release sheet upon sheet of water. Even the trees, despite having...

Do it Right

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:30:13 -0700

Katelyn published a new piece under Other:

I grew up listening to Meat Loaf, Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen. The attitude in their voices, the honesty in their lyrics and their unapologetic way of being themself struck a chord in me. I began to idolize everything that came along with the ...

working on a third dimension

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:01:22 -0700

Katelyn published a new piece under Poetry:

I think of you, sometimessleeping next to your wifewhile Isit on a shabby barstoolghosting over the empty curveof my ring fingerwith my thumb.It’s on these nights,when the floor of the ba...

Seven of Cups

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:18:48 -0700

Katelyn published a new piece under Poetry:

We use to nurse our fixation dailyat the coffee shop you would mix numbers and symbolsinto complete math sentences (inevitably usingproper grammar and punctuation).I'd liberate the tarot cardsfrom the bottom of your b...

waiting for the crash

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:49:07 -0700

Katelyn published a new piece under General:

I’ve been sleeping with my head at the foot of my bed for about a week now. It wasn’t until today, when I looked up at a perfectly round moon that th...

I forgot to tell you

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:11:53 -0800

Katelyn published a new piece under Poetry:

grains from the hourglass of timestrip away my thin veneermaking each minute spent with you the sameas taking sandpaper to my skinI can feel the scrape of your eyeslacerating, revealing in my mindthat under tan ...

How I got my Acrophobia.

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:26:12 -0800

Katelyn published a new piece under Poetry:

I listened ardentlyAs you poured your thoughts Into my head Like water from a pitcher ...