Twirling the breeze like it’s cotton candy,
I’m not the one they marry-
Every thirsty Thursday and drowned Sunday,
I collect them all and carry
The gypsy heart is too romanticized;
Whispers that scream down your spine
Never the hellfire pain that’s advertised,
only dancing with the wine
A heart; just another collectible
Sun surrenders to the Moon
Sad songs sync heavy stones into our blood,
and Mr. Midnight to noon
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Casey Renee Kiser is a punk poet with a horror-quirk-twist. Her new release Altered States of The Unflinching Souls with fellow indie poet, J. J. Campbell is due out late Summer 2024, and Confessions of A D3AD Petal early Spring 2025. She runs a small independent press in Kentucky.