Meet the Artists – Kara Bullock



photo by Caitlind Brown



Memories are fickle

A small fart escapes
Not that small more like thunder
Coughing to cover

I am rock jello
The last hurrah takes a push
Stumbling into light

Sweat becoming dry
A white woman sheds her tears
She was freed briefly

From anger words pour
Letting the failed body speak
An old friend sees new


Crossroads

Mania cycles slow
Recovery lays fallow earth
Burning out of spark

Small huddle of care
Swaddled tight stops the crying
Sprinkle commitment

Deciding to plunge
Float in medium water
How it looks broken


I say things that scare me

Sometimes my dishes
Pile so high fruit flies lay eggs
I want a photo

Fake smiles shallow words
Secure cowards bought my shame
And sold it as art

Fat, lazy, nobody
Content mediocrity
Heavy crap weighs low


Observance is emotion

Penetrated ore
Phallic woe tight tension soars
Venting gabbing girls

Mesmerized by calm
Controlled ownership transfers
Surges through my veins

Reverent resilience
Weeping heart not belonging
Watch revolution

Bare bones empty space filled
Nothing is everything now
To feel what they feel


How much you love food. How much you love food.

Inheritance fused
Plump moist inflating balloons
Crunching crisp pan mates

Bubbling warm heart
Coat them with acid, sugar
Firm crumble of foam

Dropped in liquid
Boiling takes over and seals
Their buttery bodies

Hidden spice waiting
Holding on to skin, seeping
Infiltrating flesh

Garlic slips through silk
That covers the coils and springs
Round oaky olive

Air escaping crust
Tangy milky way, pepper
Jumps through meaty tubes





Meet the Artists – Kara Bullock

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