Dan Carey
Day to Day
Wake up, out of bed, get back
into bed, where suicide kings tug
my collar, then seep into cracks
of doubt. Choices get made: to shrug
off what's tough to reach, tip
scales in favor of an easy something
else; cruise control on a loose trip
toward modern icons of Hell.
I've lost hours to that beast
born of wasted time and self-abuse...
hope the death pangs settle west
for a while, rest their weary boots
that mirror these joys breaking
inside, where there's no prop—
until then I'm not alive, nor stalwart
enough to stop loving what kills.
Bio
Dan Carey's poetry has appeared in Anti-Heroin Chic, Crosswinds Poetry Journal, DropOut Literary Journal, The Red Letters, Suspended Magazine, and The Heartland Review. His book reviews have been published in Psaltery & Lyre and Highland Park Poetry. He received his MFA from Lesley University and currently holds the position of Social Media Manager for Grid Books/Off the Grid Press. He lives in Cambridge, MA.