Expired pleasures
bottled up, fermented
liquid obsolescence
falsified prophecies
of dream woman blue,
narcotic necessities
hair trigger, finger you
Lingering lovesickness
fed up God for witness
not tonight I’m tired,
shoot new Jack he’s wired
Magnum babe, new flavour
Jesus Christ, our saviour
split an ounce get blasted
pretending like we lasted
Decadent desires
hate the love thought sires
part me down the middle,
devil plays the fiddle
god says he loves crazies
push on up them daisies
I still love you redacted
sic transit Gloria Mundi.
Jak is a Brisbane based writer and poet interested in the use of nature as a conduit for introspection. Jak is also interested in political ideologies and their influence on social relationships. His poetry has appeared in Glass and Scratchthat. His prose has appeared in The Equal Standard.
Follow him on Instagram and Twitter at jakkirwin.
Find his work in Issue One and Issue Two of Scratch That Magazine, and in QUT Glass.