“TonGue”by Carrie (Carolyn) Crocker as featured in “Steak Knife Poetry Zine“ True HeartsNever RevealThey just KNOWYour sinsyour weaknessyour wordsare vibratingto a revolutionwithinthere are turnsupturnsdownturns back and aroundAlong the shadowspathflickeringglisteningw/halosof specks&atomsBeyond TonGueDust EnergyThis Glimmeron your on your tonGuerolling outbetween your mouth.revealing move in one breathbeyond even your own death.These Concrete spacesof a different herdhave no timeor…

“Third Eye Patch “by Carolyn CrockerIf you were meand I were youwould youcould yaremove this doomall by yourselfall by myselfand if you walkedin my shoesand didn’t just talkagainst the roomcouldashouldawouldabe relaxed amongst this doom?Here I layThere I walkHere I talkon deaf earsblind eyesno compromise.Only mute messages of loveI can not find.Where is the hurt? Dear,…

Pointless Violence by Carolyn Crocker A step in the dark gray smoke wafting in the heated air A bang A cry anger and blood A sneer upon the face of the assaulter, dressed in the cool blackness of the night A witness A motive careless actions quick resolution to complicated questions A false prediction proved…