January 2012

reelaroundthefountain:

This is the swing I painted and will later hang.  The quote is from “Little Beast” by Richard Siken.

whatofmywrathold:

“Boot Theory”, Richard Siken

This time everyone has the best intentions. You have cancer. Let’s say you have cancer. Let’s say you’ve swallowed a bad thing and now it’s got its hands inside you. This is the essence of love and failure.

“You Are Jeff,” Richard Siken (via greedyandpoor)

poetryforbreakfast:

Richard Siken - Scheherazade

amatterofcourse:

(by fleurology)

You feel like you’ve done something terrible, like robbed a liquor store, or swallowed pills, or shoveled yourself a grave in the dirt, and you’re tired.

“You are Jeff” by Richard Siken, from Crush (via stvivi)

loveonalonelyroad:

“I can tell already you think I’m the dragon,

                that would be so like me, but I’m not. I’m not the dragon.I’m not the princess either.                           Who am I? I’m just a writer. I write things down.”

haylan-deactivated20140930:

“Here is my hand, my heart, my throat, my wrist. Here are the illuminated cities at the center of me, and here is the center of me, which is a lake, which is a well that we can drink from, but I can’t go through with it. I just don’t want to die anymore.”

cherryblue:

Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out by Richard Siken