Ordering with this link is for items being mailed in the USA.
If you are ordering issues to be mailed to the U.K., go to the Down in the Dirt main page for U.K. shipping.

...Future issues can be ordered in advance, to ensure that you receive a copy as soon is the issue is released.

get this writing in the collection book echo Download (color eBook): $4.95 paperback (5.5" x 8.5") w/ b&w interior pages: $18.95

never such as this

Michael Schmidt

the pieces of my mind
are grains of sand at the beach
waiting for the tide to rise
and bond them together.
I am gathering my limbs
as they fall off,
one by one,
trying to assemble myself while running

to the nearest exit of the world.

there has never been
such an escape as this.

the air in the room I escape to
becomes toxic with each
breath I take
trying to find a way out.
there is a well to Hell
in the center of the room
and I consider the option
even as I pull on the door knob

in vain.

there has never been
such an ordeal as this.

what fits the keyhole
is my character
is my personality
is my integrity
none of which is
with me
as always
as always

forever.

there has never been
a compromise such as this.

Copyright of written pieces remain with the author, who has allowed it to be shown through Scars Publications and Design.Web site © Scars Publications and Design. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission from the author.

Problems with this page? Then deal with it...