J.J. Campbell (1976 – ?) is trapped in suburbia waiting for the end of the world. He’s been widely published over the years, most recently at Rusty Truck, The Rye Whiskey Review, The Beatnik Cowboy, Mad Swirl and Horror Sleaze Trash. You can find him most days waxing poetic on his mildly entertaining blog, evil delights. (https://evildelights.blogspot.com)—————————————————————————————————————————————————–what could be i used to look atbeautiful women and dream about what could be reality set in sometime around my late teens none of them look at me and think the same thing at least that’s how i’m explaining to myself why i am single still in my forties- ———————————————————————–of natural causes it becomes more obvious each day i will die alone i’ll be one of those stories on the news of some shut-in found months after he died of natural causes my luck, it will be on the toilet hopefully, with a smile on my face————————————————————————————————–in the sad facts another morning waking up alone entrenched in the sad facts that the world has decided you don’t get to be love there will be no holding hands on a sandy beach as the sun goes down no kisses under the stars no sweet nothings whispered anywhere near your existence insanity keeps you alive keeps you the heartbroken fool that still believes keeps you always willing to be punished yet again————————————————————————————-rivers of tears if it wasn’t for laughter, these days would simply be rivers of tears think of your pain as the last meaningful act on this earth the love of your life decided to live on the other side of the world the sun will come up again so will the skin cancer hope is only there for those that actually believe it exists—————————————————————————————–since forever left your arms embrace the painlike an old lover the distant echoes of years gone by since forever left your arms agony leaves a bitter taste the flowers all die before one last sweet whiff of a better tomorrow they will feed you this bullshit that all things get better with time happiness is not falling for the lie |