the black stains
of morning coffee
on a white tablecloth
others prefer fortune telling
with coffee grounds
but i believe in vapour
& its aerial butoh dance
above the cup’s abyss
forbearance sucks
& gravitas falls
on the white tablecloth
i see bare, broken twigs
against a blue sky
will this coffee be the only darkness
that fills me today
i take a sip, open my news feed
by TETIANA ALEKSINA
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better you don’t enter
the unreal forest
better don’t be tempted
with shrieking mavka’s ballads
stop & look around
the boat that carried you here
’tis a moored coffin
‘tween picturesque shores
the winter this year
is temperate
the spirits this winter
are hungry
the bodies cover the trails
the blood covers the bodies
as ai verisimilar
as your best nightmare
better you don’t enter
the unreal forest
better don’t be tempted
with shrieking mavka’s ballads
stop & look around
stop & look around
gaiman is watching you
he’s fucking watching
by TETIANA ALEKSINA
© All rights reserved 2025
i wish you were here
sunny cheeked & fond embrace
i wish you were whole
happy, loved & full of years
alert to now’s potential
all eyes turn away
scared of soaking up my tears
adding to my years
all souls melt away
scared of adding to their years
my desolation
by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2024
demon in sunlight
fragments of my low life have
hidden to be seen
in scratchings on the pavement
more picayunes for my purse
by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2024
we swore allegiance to winter
in this ice sanctuary
where snowfall whirls
in its ritualistic dance
we swore allegiance to winter
and fell asleep in euphoria
let our bodies turn into
fragile white materials
by TETIANA ALEKSINA
© All rights reserved 2024
unbolt me 