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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…
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…
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…
Poetrywanted
man of advanced age seeks good people he can be nice to people he can say nice things to & treat like old friends…
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…
Poetry.moth.
small thing ragged who knows all of it pieces torn away or is it a moth here in the dark? triangles bring mystery a new…
PoetryLow Kick
One barred heater of the sun, with a low kick blinds. Puffer jacket clouds knit pulled thread of the sky. Mobility scooter storms overfill…
PoetrySeeds
There wasn’t a seed he wouldn’t save. Vials of seeds from all those years of gardens grown were stored everywhere, and he remembered each…
PoetryThis Island Life
Nothing much happens here. At four, cows walk up from the far pasture, hoping for a treat at the end of a pitchfork. My…
PoetryReasons To Drink More Wine
In the midst of mashing potatoes, I look up to find your face staring at me through the kitchen window, speculatively—as a wolf might…