i am Mancini
but nobody knows
like nobody knows
i’m a phoney
nobody knows
where nobody goes
got no time
for that far fetched baloney
i am Mancini
but nobody cares
cause nobody knows
nobody cares
nobody knows
cause nobody feels
i’m tired all the time
none of this is mine
none of this is fine
it's all shifty and sublime
but i’m tired all the time
i want the sleep
that won’t be mine
i can't pretend
that this is fine
none of it
not one single bit
it will not bend
it will not fit
a million naps
don’t amount to shit
i’m tired
i am Mancini
and
i'm really tired
About the Creator
Bren
"It's just a token of my extreme!" - Frank Zappa
"Cause it's all in the heat of the moment It's all in the pain!!!" - Devin Townsend
Centre Stage with the wonderful Heather Hubler
I'm writing it out not acting in doubt!
A Little Bit Of God
January 2026 I thought I’d spend the night in neon lights on grainy film but my brother is telling me how an eternity of hell is caused by prevalent peace, and who am I to disrupt such a thing? So I found myself in the same skin with the same sights, wondering whether or not I am one of those– do I feel peace? Do I expect more when it is gone? It being everything. We’re running out of time but the car is belching up something strange and we’ve got God in between our eyes nodding along to every apology and plea spoken for our friends and loved ones– they don’t know any better, they’ll come around eventually. He’s telling me about barbed wire guides around lives and ties and wives and lies and, look, the snow is starting to fall so I guess we better hang up soon. But it’s been too long. We’re building fields of skills and realms of distrust and these moments are only seen now, can no longer be read as words, only swept with eyes upon oil pastels or smudged charcoal. It’s a painting of an evening, like Daniel’s soles in Edgar Degas’ mind, but if anything is just it’s the lack of unrest in skin like His and lives like this– okay, so maybe five hours on the phone is a lot if you have a job and you’re trying to cook dinner, but only one of us falls into that gorge and only one of us believes in what lies beneath it. My brother tells me things that sit in my spirit like half an ounce of prospect and a squeeze of bourn, how he tells God to let me in: despite my sins, despite all the moons in between these calls, despite the burning in both of our throats. I do feel peace here. I also feel that my peace is a subpar window job, a pinky’s strength avoiding blizzards inside the bedsheets. I’d like to spend more nights like this, with contrasting disaster living between a speakerphone, and God finding some space in between.
By Olivia Dodge3 days ago in Poets
Comments (3)
I want the sleep that won't be mind. I loved that line so much!
I love the pace of this, and I found it a lot of fun to say out loud 😁
this flows so well. I smiled as I tried to read it faster. Great job