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Valentine

a numb smudge of flesh
loss of blood from vibrations
red to pink to white

fuck

what does flourish mean?
when I sing, I will be free
until then I’m dead.

Urban Toilet

I’m trying  to find the entrance to the subway.  It’s cold and I’m not sure where to go.  I walk in the wrong direction and end up in the Lincoln Tunnel.  I turn around and walk to midtown where finally find the underground entrance to the train.  A C E.

It’s dark and crowded.  The homeless walk around like zombies and are dirtier and more decrepit than normal.  Their bony hands are outstretched to accept change.

Finally, I make it through the turnstiles but there aren’t any trains. Read the rest of this entry »

PERFORMANCE ART OPEN SPACE (JANUARY)

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48 Days Ago
Performance Art Open Space
Panoply Performance Laboratory
January 5, 2014

Photo by Brian McCorkle

Nightmare IV

Duncan

She is doing a performance in a bedroom.  I don’t know who she is and I haven’t seen her before.  She’s is wearing 80’s style workout clothes.

“Now, I’m going to need everyone’s participation and please don’t take my picture.”

She approaches me.  “You know, this used to be Duncan’s bed…”

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Old Spice

I will buy old spice

but not to use on myself

just to remember

Old Spice is more than just a deodorant endorsed by Terry Crews.

It’s more than a way to prevent underarm odor.

It is what a man should smell like. Read the rest of this entry »

April 15, 2013

I recognized the back of his head

the cowlicks,

the soft texture,

the chestnut color,

the light coating of grease

he was walking home

slowly

I was across the street

running

I wanted to cross the street

to say hello

but my legs moved me forward

my feet slammed against the sidewalk

and i was accelerating

I sped up a side street

I leaned against a building

breathing hard

he turned onto his street

and I continued running

A Token of my Appreciation

A Token of my Appreciation Read the rest of this entry »

Bodies of Water

She flooded the seat
more puddle like than female
waves of fluid flesh

Nightmare

He has an illustration in his closet. In the portrait, he is holding a women by the waist.  He gently rests his hand on her hip.  She is naked and he is fully clothed.  I wonder who she is because she is very attractive.

There are bloody hand prints on a blank billboard.  The dried blood has a creamy quality to it.

I ask him, “If you don’t feel the same way about me as you used to, tell me…”

“I don’t…”

I start crying.  I feel bad that I am blowing off a friend.  We were supposed to meet at the ice cream convention.  I knew they’d be mad and wouldn’t be understanding.

I have no idea where I am.  My shirt is so stretched out that my breasts are showing.  I pull up my shirt to try to cover myself.  I feel horrible, exposed. 

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Cake

“Oh but, I can’t have my cake and eat it too… but, I am.
You are?  Really?
I’m an idiot!
I’m letting you have that fucking cake.
I’m letting you have that cake with ice cream!  With fucking chocolate syrup, sprinkles and a fucking cherry… put whip cream on it!

I can’t give you anymore cake.
You know, like, I’m not a cake factory.
People run out of cake!
I don’t have enough cake to give you anymore!
You don’t deserve… my cake.”

Mantis Roach

I was shopping at a GAP store.  The usual crowd of homeless people was hanging out inside.  There were two old women sitting down in front of the winter coats.  They would always push around a baby stroller so no one would bother them. The schizophrenic women with the scraggly grey hair and tattered clothes was sitting in her usual place on the stairs. Read the rest of this entry »

j and j

March 29, 2012

“There’s a couple of things that I need from Duane Reade.”
He picked a bottle of Johnson and Johnson baby oil off the shelf.
“What’s that for?”
He smirked and cupped his hands around my ear.  I could feel his breath.  In a smooth, deep voice he whispered, “Your ass.”

pansexual makeout party

buy a new lipstick
NARS pure matte valparaiso
“rich raspberry” tint

present participle

eavesdropping on my neighbors fucking
dreaming about nothing
sweating under velvet bed sheets
killing cockroaches

watching videos of the morbidly obese
eating handfuls of dry cereal
pouring milk into my mouth from the carton
worrying about getting fat Read the rest of this entry »