Stephen XTParalysis\AnalysisShe raps at the window of my procrastination, And recalls me to life. And there are days I hear, and look out and I see her admonitions…1 min read·Mar 20, 2024----
Stephen XTa-featherIt hasn’t rained, so the grass grows slow As cold crows clutch the stony bath, I spy the glassy, stagnant water, still While winter…1 min read·Feb 15, 2024----
Stephen XTKrampusfest23Getting dark, here in the heat, Of this Christmastime prelude. And deep in shadows swelling, demons, Beasts drawn from wood, ink by…1 min read·Dec 5, 2023----
Stephen XTOld, dark robesThe idle die idle. They treat Death, like a distant acquaintance, When Death is a guest permanent. It is in the room you just left, It…1 min read·Nov 23, 2023----
Stephen XTShelburne, industryThese muscles, ground down by time, And not I alone, but the old, decaying Buildings that began their blight Well before the last…1 min read·Nov 17, 2023----
Stephen XTHallows eve, 23Afternoon compressed, closes As the sun rests sooner, and, Off behind the old earth, goes on To other mornings, as night comes…1 min read·Oct 31, 2023----
Stephen XTAllochthonousI am driving through my late night meditation, Seeing things I’ve gathered, bought or found. Wondering when the reaper comes to claim me…1 min read·Oct 3, 2023----
Stephen XTHypnagogiaNever slumber under anger, Sail no dream with ire free. Do not let such waves consume you, Take no rest on churning seas. A set amount…1 min read·Sep 21, 2023----
Stephen XTBefore M, GL.Abernathy space ghost, coast to coast, Too much food for too few. Then late at night, we moonlit Miscreants skulked Down canal paths…1 min read·Aug 25, 2023----