Poetry from J.J. Campbell

only feel good in the winter

 

another hot day

 

another day where

the sun reminds

you fat people

only feel good

in the winter

 

i figure one of

these days i won’t

be able to afford

air conditioning

 

sweating to death

is a book from the

18th century

 

i suppose that says

something about

this damn society

 

christians parading

around yet not

giving two shits

about anything

jesus said

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a damn shotgun

 

it’s that loud

crack from

every bone

when you

crawl out

of bed in

the

morning

 

it reminds

you of

a damn

shotgun

 

what a

warm

thought

this early

in the

morning

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the simple gesture

 

the soft sunshine

on the lonely skin

of a lost soul

 

trapped in a

crease of time

 

the sweet caress

of lips longing

for the simple

gesture of hope

for tomorrow

 

a universe where

all this madness

is a beauty stained

on the glass

 

protecting the soul

 

too many broken

 

too many emergencies

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eventually the sun rises again

 

there are days

where i would

like to curl up

in a ball and

just die

 

this depression

ebbs and flows

by the hour it

seems

 

but eventually

the sun rises

again

 

and i have

the option to

do something

other than rinse

and repeat

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with every second

 

it’s been nearly

a decade since

i have kissed

a woman

 

i try not to

think about

it

 

as i know the

temptation to

kill myself

would grow

with every

second

 

exactly why

this poem is

shorter than

usual

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J.J. Campbell

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