Poems by H. Kneiszel

Henry Kneiszel is a writer from Duluth. Their work is featured in journals including Star*Line, god’s cruel joke, and Mutiny! Henry is also a visual artist and one of the founding members of an experimental performance group called Three Ring Goose Circus. Follow them on Instagram @friendly.dirt.pile

i fell head first off the planet earth and plummeted through the void towards a distant star and all I got was this stupid t shirt

gadzooks!
a righteous discount on the future
buy 10 years get the next 5 free
order now for free shipping
order later for a lifetime of regret
i feel claustrophobic in the present
but they’d have killed me in the past
rate and review yourself on itunes, you small, self-destructive universe
every time you breathe you inhale over a thousand microorganisms
and they think about it even less than you do

Love Poem #2

oh…
oh no…
ahhh fuck
sigh
fine
shit.

I work part time for the tooth fairy

I stir the vats
The pay is fantastic,
But ironically there is no dental plan

I was born inside a whale
And studied abroad in hell
But enough about me,
What was the name of your first pet?

I Got Fired From The Blue Man Group For Unbluemanlike Behavior but Now I Work for The Washington Generals Where the Only Rule is don’t be too Good at Basketball

Failure is a beast with infinite heads
But it’s corpse makes excellent compost

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