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PoetryPrendere lucciole per lanterne (‘to take fireflies for lanterns’)
As midnight tolled its long count our host Stefano tumbled down into the oleander plants around the border of the lawn Valley dogs were…
Poetrysong to myself
it doesn’t matter if it followed a single night of passion weeks of an affair or a lifelong commitment the consequence must be embraced…
PoetryThe sounds a sick man hears in bed
sick in bed I hear talking outside the fan is blowing too fast that motorcycle is too loud somebody’s music is playing obnoxiously every…
Poetryhe who fears bees, fears flowers
my boy will not get a game ball it is a foregone conclusion you can see the truth of my assumption in the glittering…
Poetrylast night death sat
in the other chair he had a pensive look as if unsure i was ill-fit enough to grace the darkness of his halls i…
PoetryEVICTION
Dear Tenant, It has come to our attention that you’ve really been appreciating shelter. You lie on the couch and are so grateful to…
Art, Poetry.ghosts.
he asked me who will be afraid of our ghosts ghosts of humans when we are gone i replied the animals then after i…
PoetryThe Right Kind of Babies
there's a dreamer at the edge of the prairie, an ancient angel of brutal sex, arranging his affairs he's bravely able, the bull in…
PoetryAutobiographical Coffees
I am going through old brands one by one until I find that diner counter white cup with two creams and a dark green…
PoetryCycling Dhyana
Takes a few miles to get there. Gotta get warmed up calibrate to conditions get through the lights outta traffic. Find a rhythm a…
PoetryInstead of sleeping I walk
around the house by the glow of fairy lights from above the window and a lemon moon centered underneath. There is a path worn…
PoetryWoman with Dog
"Arf!" I barked, hoping she'd acknowledge my existence. No luck. A woman with a dog is more content than any woman with a man.…