Read Between the Lines-Teen Blackout Poetry

the first time he found her
admit it, whispers to you
yes, it works for anything
yes...it works for anything
night began and changed forever
one, under the rain, would let her sleep
drowsiness rustled...
from one book to another,
she already knew the story.
light had matches
hidden
forbidden
candles didn't like fire.
books could keep an eye on flames
loved by candlelight
the windowsill was holding black wicks
footsteps blew out the years
wet with rain
she saw the darkness
little more than a shadow
clung to the rain
falling on him
motionless
over his chest
he kept staring at her heart.

war

not at all unthinkable

war can never end

existence depends on war

moving...to protect

we are a warrior people

and

the war goes on

for a generation now

battle with machines of the land

the winners are at risk

all by themselves

just a game

no...it's war

we fight the passions of outsiders

one day his army will be the sole ruler

we all believe it

even if we stopped.

I'm so happy
I'm going to scratch my eyes out.
I'M AN EMERGENCY -
naked underneath this scummy shower curtain
My DNA's a lifetime
behind the door...
on the phone...
When we met, the world got so clear
...a fork tinging against a glass in Mozambique.
my head could explode
My name...just a normal girl
Nobody can do anything.
I can't talk about any of it.
I'd nver go back.
Remember, kid?
That was me...this grimy window.
For days...wondering why.
No matter.
And I haven't talked to anyone.
I'm heading somewhere.

whip, and felix did too

subtle

behave ourselves, ladies

tripped...fragile...little arms straightened up

swirling through the alley

alone

into the square

mother gently looked away

into the plaza

on Edward

quietly, no one sighed privately

I was very conscious

worse, eighteen never would be
I almost surprised myself
impending wrinkles in my ivory skin
if I could relax my anxious brown eyes
it was just a nightmare
I skipped in a hurry to avoid acting cheerful
but every time I had to smile,
it felt like I might start crying.
I couldn't feel anything but despair until...
Ed...
polished marble.
The dream was waiting.
Despair vanished
Wonder took a year

I still deserved this good fortune.

the heart might be filled with pride

happier than smiling air

swimming to him

I need to understand

moving down
toward the bottom of the much in which they live
which is toxic to them
living in mud
magnetic poles at their front ends
directing them down into the sediment
unhealthful for them
magnetic equator
equally prevalent
guided horizontally
harmful upward movement
In the laboratory, you can change
reversing the poles on their compass needles
don't complain
aim for the opposite
living organisms, including humans
magnetic compounds of iron
anatomy
biocompasses for navigation
for example
homing pigeons and honeybees
simply by-products of metabolism
fossilized fraction in sedimentary rocks
after the rocks were formed, igneous rocks
lava, fossil
history
continents and oceans

forced back past the pool into the creek bed

against a high gravel bank

protected on three sides

face the front

the wolves drew back

tongues

were out and lolling

white fangs showing cruelly in the moonlight

one wolf advanced

and recognized the wild brother

an old wolf came forward

writhed his lips into a snarl

but sniffed noses with him

the wolf sat pointed nose at the moon

and howled

the call came

half-friendly, half-savage

the leaders sprang away into the woods

wolves swung in

yelping yelping

Ghost Dog the head of the pack

running stealing fierce robbing slaying

if you're attracted, it's hard to keep your feet off the ground

Jaws stopped rising

he started to rise again

pulling something up

strictly speaking

always require you to keep watching

systems like this

And...they're important

to commercial service

it's your electric meter-

a world divided
through dirt and mud
blurring everything
twigs snap and splinter underneath
Feel my DNA
Nothing you can do
Love is dangerous...
It's something to run away from
...swallow the sun...
but when she got too close the edge ran away
escaping - the ones,
the uniformed ones who spoke in a hard language
nailed
curling in the sun
salted tongue
until she made it, finally, to here where I'm from
She hid, creeping out from the woods
like she grew there
tangled and clotted with mud
walked around with a tiny girl caught inside them
blow up and keep inside
this girl grew and shot out
everything good dies fast
everything rottern always lasts
weeds shoot up everywhere and eat the grass.