Hold Your Head High
Hold your head high You have been placed here for a divine purpose Do not believe them when they say you are worthless You cannot move...
How to Survive Long Distance
Step one: Drive halfway to a highway near clumsy Arizona and never stop. Scribble charcoal loneliness on a canvas. Frame it. Make...
Nice Sunset
Holding hands we walk the sunbright Avenue des Anglais, Which overlooks the pebbly beach in Nice Where college girls from Aix‑en‑Provence...
Things To Do With A Pack Of Cigarettes
Leave the pack out in the sun for twenty-one days, or until soft. Put a cigarette in the microwave on the baked potato setting. Line up...
Queridos
After eleven it is hard to tell who is more tired—I, or the night itself. Both of us sink to fill spaces forgotten in daylight, both...
Back to Basics
I’m at this point as a writer where I don’t understand poetry anymore. I used to write just to write; to make images in my head become...
I Was A Snowman In First Grade For Halloween
Funny how you think being a snowman is such a good idea with your parents. Your early creativity pumps through you as you help your mom...
The King Is A Terrible Lay (or the summer my self-loathing took over my sex-drive)
A question posed itself in the black of your room “What do I do that gets you off?” The awful truth.. You don’t. I do. We've been...
Haiku Revelation
I’m in danger right now, as I sip my beer and try to catch your gaze, Your eyes empty with nights high and hot like butter melting...
Thanksgiving
My mother asks For someone to come to the hospital And make-up her face. My sister Karen goes to her. I have to tend to the turkey; ...
