Jonathan Ballam : Writing

growing

growing

A Poem by Jonathan Ballam


a fun enough thrill to kill kittens
reveal

reveal

A Poem by Jonathan Ballam


a stream-of-consciouness babble
the can-man

the can-man

A Poem by Jonathan Ballam


he could not hear the music
blanket

blanket

A Poem by Jonathan Ballam


words become an alloy to my copper-colored tears
anomaly

anomaly

A Poem by Jonathan Ballam


a bleached pinnochio with tin skin
no more lies

no more lies

A Poem by Jonathan Ballam


armed with the voice of Iron Maiden
alley kiss

alley kiss

A Poem by Jonathan Ballam


that night the waitergirls seemed swamped with a sticky sympathy
hands

hands

A Poem by Jonathan Ballam


all those used tubes spattered into the box along with clippings of faces