April is National Poetry Month and so in honor of such a number of poets around the country do what's called 30/30; 30 poems in 30 days throughout the month of april.

this is my 2nd installment


30/30 episode 2

i wanted to split my skull open and pull out my spinal column
like some foreign thing that had entered my body solely for the pursuit of turning my nervous system against me
can't even look up
wobbling on my feet
balled fists intermittently unclenching and clenching
grabbing onto the sides of my pants
or a corner of a wall
or anything, something
that might bring some cooling breeze my way and soothe the searing pain from coursing over me
but there was none
just hours spent staring at the floor
trying desperately to get drunk, to no avail
trying desperately to find relief, with no answer in sight blurred vision words won't work mouth dry hands shaking wringing each other like it's going to have some effect
but it didn't




Poetry by David W Durney
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Written on 2010-04-03 at 08:06

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