I know, I know, I’ll be there you wild rose you I’ll take the rickety stairs to a place midair I’ll put your name on the moon So long, farewell,Continue readingName on the Moon – Ben Roque
Widow Susan Road – Ben Roque
Deal out another little grave You know the dice is full of jokes Now I’m dusting off another For a diamond’s worth of coal She’s dressing up in burning clothesContinue readingWidow Susan Road – Ben Roque
Money in the Doll – Ben Roque
Sound of Harlem in the rain Sane now, bottle here to blame Night owl, diamonds in the pond Wife now, widow by the dawn light Widow by the dawn RedContinue readingMoney in the Doll – Ben Roque
Skeleton Key – Ben Roque
Hands spinning on a clock Headless thoughts they start to talk Ginger tobacco and rouge say she’s wounded And tattooed by the sight of Skeleton Key Clockwise Penny’s on theContinue readingSkeleton Key – Ben Roque
Autumn Brawler – Ben Roque
Someone’s knocking down your door Suddenly you’re here alone Her letter came after she died Flowers drank all of her wine You didn’t have to tell your poem for meContinue readingAutumn Brawler – Ben Roque
Off Your Tiltawhirl – Ben Roque
I split my lip on a broken trombone I keep the devil in a bottle back home Board up the door to the place in the past A broken mirrorContinue readingOff Your Tiltawhirl – Ben Roque
Little Amuser – Ben Roque
Where all the cemetery flowers bloom Busting the windows in a carnival saloon To vanish behind their cheap perfume Well if you’re here to sell me some fool’s gold SawedContinue readingLittle Amuser – Ben Roque
Dahlia Seas – Ben Roque
Shipwrecks in bottles of rain Violets and dreams end in a frame Rampart Street vanished from you That sapphire French horn silhouette moon You sharpen your heels A good manContinue readingDahlia Seas – Ben Roque
No More Red Than a Rose – Ben Roque
That old tiger blood jumped on the dust That phony buck will get you far enough That crooked mile between you and her Bent El Paso out of shape, aContinue readingNo More Red Than a Rose – Ben Roque
Get Behind the Eight Ball – Ben Roque
Diamond John gone wrong A snake in a canary cage Went all in with a Marilyn Sleeping in a bottle for days Knuckles and Brass got fogged Spinning a ChicagoContinue readingGet Behind the Eight Ball – Ben Roque