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Poetryif your death were a myth
it could be fashioned of iridescent plumage, gilt and crimson, a phoenix in transition, transformed, unbeaten
Poetryvámonos a la playa
is this thing that we say in this Mar Vista restaurant that i open and close open and close open every night it means,…
PoetryThe Minstrel Savior
If I remember right, Jesus arrived at the trailer where we lived in Glenville during the summer when Papaw Henry poured gasoline all around…
PoetryToe Tappin’
Heel-to-toe, he taps to the harmonics of reverberating bounces and swish-swooshing tempos, and to the serenades of sirens outside his window. He dances the Dig…
PoetryBelieve You Me
It’s true, what you said, if I don’t love myself I can’t really love you. I kissed my reflection on the lips last night…
PoetryBoxes
I. My father would’ve laughed his ass off at how overly concerned I am about treating his ashes like a delicate antique; he’d say…
PoetryCapitalism in Cambodia
‘member seeing your little brother just outside Angkor Wat wearing your father’s face ‘fracted through a dented, busted rear view scooter mirror peeling plastic…
PoetryThe red fantail is my favorite
I sometimes think of Lazarus when I feed the seven fishes in my little pond, my sister coming back to life, asking how goldfish…
PoetryIs There Freedom in Forgetting or Being Forgotten?
“A breathless Death is not so cold as a Death that breathes.” —Emily Dickinson I’m no Dante, lost though I may be, Nor you…
PoetrySetting Precedent
The man swallowed 480 ball bearings. One sphere a minute during his last eight-hour shift. No unemployment lines for the human anchor sitting upright…
PoetryBig Orange Sun
Come to Italy and live in the sun, you write. Serenity is a giant orange waiting to be plucked from the gnarled tree near…
Poetryhere’s why you do it
write for the lost the fucked the insane most of us are never comfortable anywhere born into a boxer’s stance weak like fading orchids,…