Altered States of the Unflinching Souls Quotes

“A gator smile past happy hour;
eyes above the filth of truth
Judging me from his sex swamp,
oh, this cold blood bleeds power
All dead at the kissing booth;
mirrored reptile tail-swing stomp”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Altered States of the Unflinching Souls

“Twirling the breeze like it's cotton candy,
I'm not the one they marry-
Every thirsty Thursday and drowned Sunday,
I collect them all and carry

The gypsy heart is too romanticized;
Whispers that scream down your spine
Never the Hellfire pain that's advertised,
only dancing with the wine”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Altered States of the Unflinching Souls

“The voices did their best. And I was damned
for sure, I thought
But the call came, and the wind in my hair

felt different; infinite.”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Altered States of the Unflinching Souls

“Remember my heart laid bare at your feet-
you kicked it way across the Universe
Never thought I'd travel this much, I'm beat
Lip-stitched, still smile and wave from the hearse”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Altered States of the Unflinching Souls

“He shows them his best impression
of a paperweight
How to be a good lil' rock 101:
Never show emotion,
even when someone you love
paints a smile on you”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Altered States of the Unflinching Souls

“pissing on photos, we wake
parched
in parallel realities
i still end up drowning
in visions

he settles for the horror;
hostage
to the oddity of normal-
comfy spot mirage,

as he makes the bed daily
so he can lie in it and
be secret sad boy; he settles
to sleepwalk with fantasy,
slitting the throat of actual
possibility, begging
for a hand job to get through the day,
making friends with locked doors
and collectors of cookie cutters”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Altered States of the Unflinching Souls

“only said you loved me
one time i cornered you...
now i understand
only want the tightest hand
to just let go,
yeah, letting you go, go, go
ready, set, go
ready, set, go
ready, set, GO!!!

Now, I'm racing so slow!
Snails RRR running the show!
At my own pace, LET GO!
Said, pour another, Moe,
I'm just tryin' to let go...”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Altered States of the Unflinching Souls