Notice my mother look at her fly coat—look at her maple leaves turn magenta when she walks by there’s envy in the stars tonight my mother passed and they fought about who was prettier she or the moon who deserved to polish Orion’s Belt who should swim...
I want to sleep with you elbow to elbow Hair entwined Genitals enlaced With your mouth as a pillow. I want to sleep with you back to back Without breath to keep us apart Without words to distract us Without eyes to tell lies Without clothes. I want to...
where do you find strength to climb down the hill to your lover’s grave
what do you bring but thirteen years of memories/
how do you deal with his death when your gasps loom in the autumn air like circling crows spasms rock your body like squirrels shake the scarlet oak & purple dogwood branches while through the buzz of a helicopter the roar of an...
I feel like I feel like shit I need a I need a drink and not vinegar neither I don’t want to die I feel like a freak don’t let me cut out I wasn’t cut out to go out virgin I want my cherry squashed man hammer amour love me live me hour to...
I love the conversations we have after making love—of course it’s just me, making love to myself, talking to you, loving you—though I do not really know you, so I guess not loving you— craving the dream of knowing you. “When will I be able to...
Frequently during my mornings of pain & reflection when I can’t write or articulate my thoughts or locate the mindmusic needed to complete the poems & essays that are weeks plus days overdue forcing me to stop, I cease answering my phone, eating right, running my miles, reading...