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Poetrylisten to your mother
the sword swallower swallowed his sword the hilt was not wide enough to act as a stop so now what? his mother told him…
PoetryHow To Fall Asleep During Wartime
Forget the talking head on your screen, hawking sleep aids. The real reason you can’t sleep is the dark tunnel—how it reminds you of…
PoetryHuffy-Puffy
I thought about calling Mom when she didn’t call me. Dad said no. “I told you she’ll call when she wants something,” he said.…
PoetryComing Home
The mogra outside the window blooms after the rain. You bring one flower close, and the room quietly fills with its fragrance. Sambhar simmers…
PoetryA Naked Truth
You’re not seeing the real, entire me so here’s a flash of my flesh— the bareness I need to get me a witness to…
Non-fictionOverwatch
The rooftop was somebody’s home before the war made it a position. Concrete. A low wall. A laundry line gone to rust in the…
PoetryThe Empty Bed
We always slept on our left sides, ,,,,,my right arm over you. But now you sleep on the ceiling, ,,,,,in my fraught dreams of…
Poetrywanted
man of advanced age seeks good people he can be nice to people he can say nice things to & treat like old friends…
PoetryLast Shall Be Last
Our Eastern jet rescheduled 5 minutes back to fly an hour late is boarding now and threatening to leave 3/4 of an hour sooner.…
PoetryIn a Ninth Life
Hebrews 13:2 ‘Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.’ Silly to ask what I’m thinking when…
PoetryTHE COUNTRYSIDE, FINALLY
for once, i didn't want to revenge fuck you i didn't want your heart under glass in the museum of my patheticness to fall…
PoetryThe Old Wishing Distance
I saw it first as a meteor, streaking low and orange over the parking garage, and for one clean second I was a boy…