Casey O'Malley ~ Poet and College Student

"Poetry is not an opinion expressed; it is a song that rises from a bleeding wound or a smiling mouth." - Kahlil Gibran
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Monica

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"...these things
Try to be poems,
But they rebel against you.
Argue over themselves as they trip about trying to form
Some order,
But in this case there is no order
Because for you, things are out of order..."


218
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"...venture quietly,
blindly barefoot into
the night like
a hush hush darling..."


It's Like Sleeping Forever
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"...You in the middle, in the heat
You with the tissue box on your lap
That your sisters pull from..."

Our Narratives
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"...And this is the girl
that I hated, human
body that I had jealous fits of
rage over, and she,
she is just blood and skin
and vulnerable neck
like me..."

Untitled

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"...And suddenly I could feel, again

His hands

on my back right below

The shoulder blades

when he pushed,

like slow motion cartoons like

maybe this isn’t happening right now, his hands aren’t

leaving my back rolling to the tips of his fingers—

maybe if I think about it I can reverse

the process..."