julia alexander chipped tooth press 2015
a violation, the whole world is watching now. is this what you really wanted?
he tries to be the man of the house, what does it feel like to live amongst hurricanes? what does it feel like to be a downpour, to come down with everything you have? how does it feel to think that’s not good enough?
thank god for these days, this privilege, these clothes, these bottles. you’re at a new level of blessing, these mansions are miracles in their own right. thank god, he is good, and your lives serve as the necessary distraction. thank god, he is good.
not exactly a mistake, but an accident. luckily a happy one, a healthy one. a new generation to inherit these complications, to build expectations even higher.
there are some things that cannot be purchased. the perfect ending never comes for her. no flowers blooming, a longing for something that just does not happen for everyone. the ending never comes. the story just continues.
when you go untouched for so long, you begin to wonder if anyone will ever catch up. if you break down enough times, eventually you will crumble, if you fill your vessel with poison eventually it will sink, eventually you will have to purge yourself of these tiny disasters. he is no god. he will kneel on the tile floor just like the rest of us.
third times a charm, these vows come with a guiding light, a celestial being, and finally two stars find someone who can match their brightness.
could you ever feel successful when you got a head start on all of the competition? cigarettes in her drink backstage. chin up, chin up, green girls will always use her as an ashtray.
camera flash, a cockroach in his shoe. he shields his face from the light. there’s nowhere to hide.
These ties are coated in gold and even that is thicker than blood. An unbreakable bond, a family in the spotlight together through all of this time.
chipped tooth press is a writing collective which seeks to instill a love of poetry in even the most relentless naysayers. we publish work that bares its teeth by artists who are willing to allow it to do so. chippedtoothpress.tumblr.com chippedtoothpress@gmail.com julia alexander is a part time poet and a full time crybaby. her first book of poetry The Dirt I Rise From came out in early 2015. julia started chipped tooth press and uses it as an excuse to meet and work on poetry projects with her friends. juliaalexanderpoetry.com juliaalexanderpoetry@gmail.com