Four Line Tries // 002

This is the second piece for my ongoing series called 'Four Line Tries', where I release four line poems. Simple enough, yeah? If you care to partake, let me know! The imagery here comes courtesy of Miyazaki's debut full-length The Castle of Cagliostro (1979).

My big thumb never got slammed

in a car door so I don't know

your screams but if you'll calm down

and find your keys, I can help you through this

Four Line Tries // 001

In this ongoing series, I will publish four line poems. Some as old as ceiling dust, others as new as rainfall. This is my first attempt. All of the imagery on this page is taken from the 2002 film Hero. Just because. 

Lightning chimes the clouds awake

a monsoon season of flying carpets

and dead camels who only stop spitting

when they're driving past graveyards