The Ritual
"You're not bulletproof. No one is.” My father spoke these words to me on the night we found out my grandfather had cancer and may not...
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; ...
Rainbow Trout
Five years after you died
our daughter and I got rainbow trout tattoos, But scarification would ring more true. A slash, running...
