(A million things in one month that turned into a poem with some kind of sense, I think) When every day is worth Its weight in cigarettes and beer It's hard to hear the hope chest cracking open between your ears. It's easy to feel the abundance; Our shoulder-perched buckets fill quickly with every passing … Continue reading Worth
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Amateur Lifeguard
My father and I have always had An amateur lifeguard meets practicing swimmer relationship, A dry tissue beyond arm’s reach for wet eyes, And what soon would become a post nasal drip. All I can smell is chlorine and salt sea. One of the most vivid memories I recall In the short amount of time … Continue reading Amateur Lifeguard
Invisible Fruit
Rust-colored rats run along the cracked rim. They rip ripened nectarines in half and ask, What do you think of them? Center exposed, a closed eye whispers Don't they look nice? With that spit-shiny glimmer, Like the Stockholm-caged brains Of snow-white pet mice? Disgust sings. Juice stream spit drains out of mind veins, Shut me. … Continue reading Invisible Fruit
A Pretty Defiance
How small I have allowed you To change me into Leaves shaking-. While muddy emotional particles overtake me with waltzes. Where was it again that I left My bravery? Where did you leave me? I cannot say I didn’t kick and scream like an infant Maybe Your ears were turned away from my stumble-speech, Mumbling … Continue reading A Pretty Defiance
Intrinsic Significance 