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PoetryBuddha Man Blues
for Muddy Waters On the Mississippi bottoms West African griot rhythms filter through Spanish moss swaying over the river bank. Lovers find their own…
PoetryCatastrophic thinking
is the diagnosis that dings even your casual observation that things may have finally gone to shit. Your joke that mouse droppings in the…
PoetryBeneath These Boards
I’ve laid by her for ten years now beneath these creaking boards an axe between my long-gone eyes a spectacle of gore. She rests…
PoetryMy friend has
had a baby. I go online, buy a present, click ‘gift wrapped’ (I don’t need to see tiny, sleepsuit feet). I visit them, hold…
PoetryReturn Policy
There’s a squabble of greying women knitting at our local coffee stop. They are talking about dumpster diving—how survival is another’s refuse. I swipe…
PoetryA Tennessee Fainting Goat in Texas
The first time this goat fainted I wanted to pack him in a crate & ship him back home for his safety. It’s hard…
PoetryIt’s About to Get Awkward
The Autobiographical Note I walk through the gym doors. Steve is doing chest-flies. He yells Hey, Flash! (Steve doesn’t know my name.) Third Person,…
PoetryPre-linguistic
A child chews on his toy Lucid imbecility A baby’s lallation All his l’s are r’s— My dumb joy When I talk like him.
PoetryInterior Decorating for the Autistic Mistress
You are obsessed with the furniture. I don't really care about the furniture. I am lucky if I get to sit on the couch…
PoetryRiver Rock
It’s hot the breeze just lifts and settles. A man sways to dangerous angles. The kids look quick but play anyway. A possum half…