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Danny Price

Danny Price

Virtue of the Moth

trust me
 
i am a moth
and there is light ahead
 
i would not lead you into absolute darkness
 
i would not take you into perpetual shadow
 
this is simply an eclipse
and when we make it through
the lights will be blindingly bright

Other works by Danny Price...
[a foot wants the ground]

a foot wants the ground take each step with gratitude to walk is to live
Tyrannosaurus Text

this dinosaur has shared so much o… pain worry and confusion the idleness of evolution
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The Snowman Blues

Freezing is all that ever I felt; Carrot and coal fall to the ground… Sadly, when Spring comes, I will… As well goes my scarf, my coat, an… Death comes upon without sound.
“If This Is My Last Poem...”

the first line wrapped itself arou… a quickly tightened noose to take his breath away a second stanza slashed down his w… like a cold razor blade of verse
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Blue Oyster Cult

a $5 footlong at Subway before a meeting on Thursday Burnin’ For You came on the speak… i wanted to call you
[disregarded flesh]

disregarded flesh from abattoir to your plate feeding dominion
Dracula vs. The Cool Kids

sometimes a vampire wants to see t… but people of the village keep his… chained shut with garlic they wear crosses around their nec… so that if he ever does get out
A Not-So Familiar Face

his wife came in to the video store i work at today i knew who she was by the last name on her Oregon i.d…
He Cries

tears glisten like distant stars unreachable galaxies alone in the quiet of space dead planets remind him of his gra…
Missing

Tricia Wozniak went missing on No… 1987 walking home from Arey Elementary first there were signs all over town
Write A Poem

just for fuck’s sake don’t write it about her i know she loved this song but you loved it before her
A Poet on a Sunday Night

i expose myself a show boat and a show pony i suppose myself a poet
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[fallen from the nest]

fallen from the nest mother bird leaves me to die never to take flight
The Wind Is An Asshole

after it blows out your last match it goes to a bar and laughs over whiskey telling the story of the look on y…
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[time reduced to ash]

time reduced to ash all the clocks were made of fire burning each second



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