Tim Hurley
2 poems
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States Of Mind
allowed him to justify holding his head under water
and call it art, to look for funding to continue doing it
on a full-time basis, not just what he liked to do with
his Friday nights.
—
Since somewhere along the line it stopped being a job
and gave him pleasure, his family was worried. Placed
several calls to close friends. Knocks at the door were
not immediately answered.
—
Unofficially, even the blood spray at these scenes has
a design, especially if passion is involved. The note said
‘This started partly because of beauty but ended entirely
because of it.' Police now believe the inspiration had
absolutely no idea of what it was inspiring.
—
At first, it really did seem random, which worried a lot
of the people in the neighborhood, but then Forensics
discovered it had a hit list it was working off of that
went way back.
—
After the show had been off the air for many years, the
fans attempted to theorize a method to the madness:
‘The worse he felt the better the work got, but the whole
head in the noose trick celebrated a new low for him.
Nobody just ignores the warnings on those boxes.'
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Lake
Hey! The world can't ever live up to my expectations.
What a coincidence! If this is all a big decaying mess,
today it's got me fooled too! I want to remember the date
just in case. If this is just another distraction and not
some revelation I'm gonna be really pissed off.
I usually feel the same way anyway! Describe yourself
in ten words: Box of crayons someone spilled out and won't
clean up. I can't get my shit together! It's like in one fluid motion
the notebook comes out of the drawer, eats my words,
and goes right back in. What a sheltered lifestyle!
It's not cool I get excited and jumpy and want to get it down
but can't. As a result I find I'm constantly lying!
Whatever I say is always first watered down in my mouth!
It drowns and it's a crime that never gets reported,
that's why nobody gets why I don't wash my clothes for weeks.
I wouldn't want them to wash off what just happened to me.
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return to Sawbuck 1.7
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Tim Hurley's poems are forthcoming in California Quarterly. His second collection, The Best Part of Being Broken, is currently out to publishers.
**
States Of Mind
allowed him to justify holding his head under water
and call it art, to look for funding to continue doing it
on a full-time basis, not just what he liked to do with
his Friday nights.
—
Since somewhere along the line it stopped being a job
and gave him pleasure, his family was worried. Placed
several calls to close friends. Knocks at the door were
not immediately answered.
—
Unofficially, even the blood spray at these scenes has
a design, especially if passion is involved. The note said
‘This started partly because of beauty but ended entirely
because of it.' Police now believe the inspiration had
absolutely no idea of what it was inspiring.
—
At first, it really did seem random, which worried a lot
of the people in the neighborhood, but then Forensics
discovered it had a hit list it was working off of that
went way back.
—
After the show had been off the air for many years, the
fans attempted to theorize a method to the madness:
‘The worse he felt the better the work got, but the whole
head in the noose trick celebrated a new low for him.
Nobody just ignores the warnings on those boxes.'
**
Lake
Hey! The world can't ever live up to my expectations.
What a coincidence! If this is all a big decaying mess,
today it's got me fooled too! I want to remember the date
just in case. If this is just another distraction and not
some revelation I'm gonna be really pissed off.
I usually feel the same way anyway! Describe yourself
in ten words: Box of crayons someone spilled out and won't
clean up. I can't get my shit together! It's like in one fluid motion
the notebook comes out of the drawer, eats my words,
and goes right back in. What a sheltered lifestyle!
It's not cool I get excited and jumpy and want to get it down
but can't. As a result I find I'm constantly lying!
Whatever I say is always first watered down in my mouth!
It drowns and it's a crime that never gets reported,
that's why nobody gets why I don't wash my clothes for weeks.
I wouldn't want them to wash off what just happened to me.
**
return to Sawbuck 1.7
**
Tim Hurley's poems are forthcoming in California Quarterly. His second collection, The Best Part of Being Broken, is currently out to publishers.
