From The Blue Hour

Shannon Barter

APPLE CIDER VINEGAR

I drank my Apple cider vinegar and water this morning My hopeful menopausal-weight-loss-miracle

Shannon Barter

AS THE SUN MOVES YOUR SHADOW MOVES

As the sun moves your shadow moves That is a scientific law, but the truth may not align The goal may not be the rule we have come to know

Shannon Barter

CLENCH NOT TO THE FACE OF THE EARTH

Clench not to the face of the earth Doing so, a sure sign gravity is not trusted

Shannon Barter

DISSOLVE THE BRIGHT SUN AFTERIMAGE

Dissolve the bright sun after-image That contradicts the thousand betrayals

Shannon Barter

GOLDEN DUST

The shards of fear I will turn into a golden dust that can be formed into anything my futures desire

Shannon Barter

ONLY 1 CENT TO JOIN, BUT A LIFETIME OF DEBT

Back home, MTV showed lands afar, But who’s Real World was it? Surely not mine A life not chosen, But stumbled upon

Shannon Barter

TIME TRAVELER

I am a dreamer A time traveler Following no straight line Forward Backward Sideways A hound following an obscure scent

Shannon Barter

AN ODE TO THE JOANSES

I sulk around in my Kaftan Chain smoking catastrophic visions

Shannon Barter

ABOVE THE ABOVE

Today the blue sky sat still overhead (The storm is coming) Birds called for their mates To bask on the branch And listen for the popping...