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4 Sep 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.03
Zelle: [email protected] The soul is an organ. It must be exercised, And played. It's okay to be a Frayed, Around-the-edges Trainwreck, As long as it is true. I don't make anything For you. I make things to Survive: Poems. Songs. Excursi...
31 Aug 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.03
Zelle: [email protected] Dust on the boots : boots on the highway : highway on the mainline : mainline straight to Hell : Heaven in the courtyard : courtyard in the mirror : mirror on the sidewalk : sidewalk under streetlamp : streetlam...
27 Aug 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.05
Zelle: [email protected] I got a room at a roadside movie. I needed a restful film in which To spend the night. No comedy, no Action, Just a quiet place to crash. No drama, nothing Epic, definitely no Horror, And my capacity to sleep ins...
15 Aug 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.05
Zelle: [email protected] Proverbs of Smog Chapter Eighty-One 1. Take off your see-thru darkness. 2. Go bowling with your tombstone. 3. Beware the burning word-swallower. 4. Bear the heavy light. Proverbios de Smog Capítulo Ochenta y Uno...
14 Aug 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.05
Zelle: [email protected] It may be a threatit may be baitit's a silver-plated Hummerwith a Sinaloan license plate *** I want my fishing boats andhorse back! My computer walkingupright,no more time fordoubting, Casino trees aresproutingon...
11 Aug 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.04
I am not yet confident enough in my ability to teach English to charge for that kind of service, but I have no doubt I can inspire any budding (or veteran) writers to see the world as a poem, and stay writing. I am charging the minimum-possible amou...
11 Aug 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.04
Recorded almost entirely on a broken 4-track on cassette tapes purchased exclusively at the dollar store, All The Diamonds You Can Eat is a bumpy ride through the lo-fi part of town. From the soaring, cracked-out "A Beautiful Place," through the or...
5 Aug 2026 3 minute read 0 comments Djmssr $0.02
Nightfall: The Awakening of Shadows Chapter 3 The thrumming ceased abruptly, leaving an oppressive silence in its wake. Jesse’s breath hitched. The air, thick and heavy, pressed against his lungs like a physical weight, as if something were...
31 Jul 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.03
Zelle: [email protected] We've finally left behindthe future, we'regone, at last,we're here The threshold is backthere, behindus, Nowhere I'm glad to be gonefrom theend, at Last I'm happy to be backat the beginning, The headwatersof the...
30 Jul 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.07
"Ensenada, the dead sealThe dog crucifixGhosts of the dead car sunStop the car!I'm getting out, I can't take itHey, look out, there's somebody coming,And there's nothing you can do about it..."Jim Morrison We tripped over the shoelaces of the beat...
