Mother's Day
you look just like her, still. your hair is shorter now. skin, more sand than milk these days. body a vibration. you remember. some...
On "Are You Sexually Active?" on the Psychiatrist Questionnaire
doctor, let me tell you how i do not know the difference between this body and a pile of wishbones discarded after dinner, waiting for...
Untitled #3
there is still enough sunlight in a day for you to matter. you have enough honey in your heart to keep you full years if you will forgive...
ABC Poem
I AM NOT ABSOLUTE IN MY ANGER I AM A BANDAID RIPPED OFF TWO DAYS LATE I AM A CRACK IN THE SIDEWALK THROUGH WHICH FLOWERS GROW I AM THE...
Untitled #1 (Cherry Tree)
you have no mouth and I only wish it were so easy to claim you in parts. remember the beating at your doorstep? remember the bound feet...
POV: Tampon
she is headfirst into the shallow end of my daydreams and I want her. I can see that slightly sideways something about her, that triangle...
Tetanus Shot to the Chest
it doesn’t help that i was lonely or that you were dressed in satin with water in your lungs. something like a fairy tale without...
Uncomfortable
your hands around my throat like a necklace because you keep calling yourself a gift and i do not know better. your hands around my...
For Myself, Pre-Crisis
here I am, counting the tiles on my bathroom floor and here I am, letting the water run me so frigid it burns and there is a hole in the...
Untitled #2
not all disasters are natural but you have two feet and a pulse and one of these facts needs to have a word with me. define ‘sex’ as...