Excerpt: His words filled the table,
leaving little room for your elbows to rest,
let alone a path for you to leave.
Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323
Tag / poetry collection
Cast Out of Eden: Independent
Excerpt: He serves you first
like an unwanted birthday gift.
You smile–
because your mother always told you to do so…
Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323
Cast Out of Eden: The Next Day
Excerpt: Color fades,
drained,
like you from me.
Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323
Cast Out of Eden: Silence is the Wind
Excerpt: Clock ticks each second,
marking each breath you take,
glass cutting your heart,
words throbbing your brain,
with thoughts you dare not repeat…
Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323
Cast Out of Eden: Bubbles
Excerpt:
We tasted the bubbles at dawn,
when the air was thick with the August heat,
musty sweat.
Our tongues tasted the soap,
but we shook off the cleanliness
for the taste of earth…
Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323
J.L. Smith 