Justin Aptaker Poems

tomorrow's a new day
when
this
night
...

the burden of all being
rests heavily on me
for i am
...

Everyone's been talking about how
the universe will either expand
indefinite cold star death
or collapse and then repeat itself
...

blessed are the fools
who call themselves fools
for others will call them wise
...

words
encompass experience
fragmented impulses flash
chemical endeavors establish
...

true, dissociation
is a function
of imagination
...

as i sit on the edge
         of the curb
     staring into Black Abyss Inevitable
         with my mind's eye
...

this four-cornered cave, i've been calling my home
the sun has dried up
and left bleached like a bone
...

couple on a motor
cycle with a death wish
drum drops
still pond
...

On a world with no moon I pondered deeply on a starless night
Wondering what happened when the sun fell silent with the light
And yet the black sky told no story, no star-man seen with belt alight
Orion quiet as the darkness still, unthought, unformed
...