“HELL’S DITCH”-PHOTO; G.R. MELVIN

ONE 1ST VERSE FROM WAITS’ WASTEBASKET

G.R. MELVIN
Nov 5 · 1 min read

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Splash something stronger at the base of my pint glass

It’s more fertile earth

For to birth the guts & gas

One might need at night

To go on & drive clear off

Dark high-wire highways

Onto red dirt, rolling on cooling red dirt, to dead ends

So bleak a laugh comes out as a clearing cough

Moments Pub

A wall of emotional venting, short little notes to share with the world. Poetry and small little pieces of writing will be published here!

G.R. MELVIN

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“science of truth isn’t my strong suit. But I can watch from a garage roof; take semi evaluative notes, & make up semi reflective reports, & fake some control”

Moments Pub

A wall of emotional venting, short little notes to share with the world. Poetry and small little pieces of writing will be published here!

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