You grind your teeth for no man, baby No you don’t No you don’t You grind your teeth for no man, baby No you don’t No you don’t You grindContinue readingWhat Passes for Sunrise Over Newark (Local Anasthetic) – C Alexander
There Was a Light (Three Cheers) – C Alexander
There was a light in my dream And it shone like the sun The dust all over my room sparkled And your dress came undone There was a smile onContinue readingThere Was a Light (Three Cheers) – C Alexander
The Rings of Saturn (Baby Boy) – C Alexander
I’m running all out of things That I can sing out I think that thirty-nine years Is more than enough And yet I find myself here In front of strangersContinue readingThe Rings of Saturn (Baby Boy) – C Alexander
Waiting in Your Shadow – C Alexander
Light shines in your room, the shadows fall against the wall So many reasons why we’d want them out Smoking in your underwear, you motion down the hall Knowing IContinue readingWaiting in Your Shadow – C Alexander
Hiding (Three Cheers) – C Alexander
I am not afraid of love I am terrified That history repeats itself as it’s won’t to And I am not a child of God I am rent and castContinue readingHiding (Three Cheers) – C Alexander
On Aging (What Did You Do?) – C Alexander
What did you do with the hour You had in the morning Didn’t you bargain your day away For another ten minutes of fiction Or did you forget your dreamsContinue readingOn Aging (What Did You Do?) – C Alexander
What Are You Waiting For? (Chicago) – C Alexander
Go It’s so easy for you to go You may think that the world may hurt you But how will you know Leave Why don’t you ever want to leaveContinue readingWhat Are You Waiting For? (Chicago) – C Alexander
Waiting for the Bottom to Drop – C Alexander
Don’t bother knocking on the door, waiting for the host to arrive They’ve seen your type around before , gleaming with the sun in their eyes The truth (Or somethingContinue readingWaiting for the Bottom to Drop – C Alexander
Knife in My Back – C Alexander
Now that we see how the colors bleed through you Young in a time when a push has come to a shrug Dancing graceless above us Unsubtle winks and aContinue readingKnife in My Back – C Alexander
Against Choruses – C Alexander
We used to touch our smiles to each other Like anyone fresh in the throes of trust A calloused finger softened on freckled arms Skin that can finally heal AContinue readingAgainst Choruses – C Alexander