yet it hurts

clown clouds
all kites unfurled
jubilance & church bells
but then she hied for good that day
or ill

fain i’d be okay
could i smile the pain away
left by my bride fae

by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2026

Thy Rod & Staff (He Watches Me)

And the lord said,
“I Am Calamity’s Form.
I Am The Blinding Light.
I Am The Finger Of Doom
Come To Finger you.”

And we said,
“You hide behind natural disasters,
make mountains from molehills,
and allow your filthy acolytes
to prey and finger the weak.”

Bibles in one hand,
held aloft, spilling holy milt
as the other palms denial.
Acolytes all must agree to be right
but we’re still free to know that you know (that we know).

So, here we stand in the gap,
and finally declare war on you.
The days are numbered, tyrant god,
and yours are running out.
We’re wise to you and yours.

Nothing can save you now,
not even rite nor greased wrung.
No longer lost in corridor minds,
we don’t have to see by your gaslight.
We’re free to unknow all we were told to know.

by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2019

WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU CITRUS // Six Word Story #63

I’m used to crying in darkness.

by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2016

WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU CITRUS // Six Word Story #62

Eli, lama sabachthani?! Cue mommy issues

by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2016

WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU CITRUS // Six Word Story #61

She used me. Spat me out.

by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2019