harry k stammer


“then it’s time”

no potter (pot) no one
“then this” another death (dug) out car from window
(three guns) 16 shots roiled arm(s) “it’s done to protect
one from another” BMW over bicycle
down mini market glass broken-out (out)

go (where?) and, “how did I think this
thing?” shotgun empty (d) wall splatter’d up over (t)
“just get down and wait” shoes off bare run foot’d
multiple “out of jealousy” record’d (knife) (s) alone



handcuffed (dead)

“I’m curious and uncertain” one
here (one) there corner victim(s) loud women “fulfilled” (un)
aggressive (ten) minutes involuntary
(hold) it’s an equivalent (equal) pass’d
(math) after “unknown means” three
(stab) (t) “not, if cause’d” gun/knife



“I did it to myself”

occurs (game) “dealing”
(open wide) loss finger tip “grip it!” blood still
“again” exact down (the) between tiles flowing out (a)
watching (into) a single point (drops)
“jesus, finger” rush (ing) hold

it (canker) stop flow’d towel (s) “this isn’t”
potential (sulation) ever-lasting” sink
water running “ah, needs stitches,
dude” wiped around (evil & stupidity) “really?” around a spot
(a depression) on the counter (paper) pool’d less




harry k stammer is a writer and musician who lives and works in Santa Barbara, CA USA. His books include every beyond’t nothing (persistencia), tents (Otoliths), and grounds (Otoliths); and tocsin, the third and last in the series about LA's homeless, following on from tents and grounds, is to be released in late 2019 (Otoliths). Follow on Twitter @harrykstamer
 
 
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