Posted in Shannon Peil on January 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
By Shannon Peil
- brushing my teeth every day
- humming along to classic rock i used to hate
- sometimes claiming i won’t buy a pack of smokes today
- calling missing a party ‘catching up on sleep’ rather than ‘being a loser’
- eating a damn salad once in a while
- stopped claiming i have aspbergers all the time
- respectfully turning my music down at intersections
- wearing pants that fit
- social anxiety
Posted in Shannon Peil on August 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
By Shannon Peil
we were
sitting in your room
when you looked over
asked
me
what are you writing
and i said words
and i wrote
more words
down
on the paper
and you again
asked
me
what are you writing
and i took
the words
shoved them
into your mouth
more and more
words
in
your mouth
as many
words
as i could fit
stuffing
them into your face
more and more
words
until you ballooned
out
spitting them
all over the bed
like crumbs
and i told you
not to eat
over the sheets
ever
again
Posted in Shannon Peil on April 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Shannon Peil
some people
blush when their sheets
are exposed
keep them locked away
but i
write them all out
spread them
like dandelion seeds
get hard ons
when someone
picks them up
