Tag Archives: Julie Deshtor

Hunger

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Julie Deshtor

Your hunger is a beacon in the dark, a mirror image of my own spark. I close my eyes and I can hear your call. If this is hell, then, god, please let me fall! Rip off my dress, my … Continue reading →

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The fear had pecked a hole inside…

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Julie Deshtor

The fear had pecked a hole inside With its long pointed beak. My fists went limp – I couldn’t fight. My mouth wouldn’t speak. ‎ I saw a threat beneath each tree, Behind each closed door. I chained my will … Continue reading →

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Lot’s Wife

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Julie Deshtor

I have been turned into a pillar of salt. The sky is coming down. It’s raining ambers. All around Are falling shards of our shattered world. Our city, our city burns. Our palisades succumb to hungry fires. Bodies light up … Continue reading →

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I am pacing…

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Julie Deshtor

I am pacing like a caged panther. I am growling at the crowd. White-hot, glowing, molten anger – Let me go, let me go, let me out! I will break free somehow, I swear, of the present which makes no … Continue reading →

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Getting your shit out of my house…

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Julie Deshtor

Getting your shit out of my house – Like stench of rot out of my mouth: You were so sweet, such a good boy, I now know it was a ploy To take my family and life. Of course you took … Continue reading →

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monsters

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Julie Deshtor

We pretend to be badder then we are, monsters, living in shadows of all our fears, in the falling ashes of our past alone with our badness, alone. And the flash of a blade in the night means nothing is … Continue reading →

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When life is a bitch

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Julie Deshtor

When I find myself backed up against a brick wall, when I’m too proud to fight and too tired to crawl, when my lovers have gambled my secrets away, and I can’t find a pen, and there’s nothing to say, … Continue reading →

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Quote of the day

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Julie Deshtor

“There is no beast worse than man.” from A. O. The Last Neanderthal

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The Fall of Rome When your freedom – of speech – is the gag – that’s stuffed down – your throat, When fanatical – righteousness – throws – kids out – on the street, When the rusty – democracy – … Continue reading →

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Julie Deshtor | Leave a comment

Julie Deshtor’s Quotes

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Julie Deshtor

Behind every legendary monster there is a real tragedy…. *smiles*

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