when the headache returned, i was scared. was the emotion finally ready to come out? mallets, sledgehammers, asteroids, black holes and mistake after mistake, fuck, so persistent. the emotion curls, stuck, on the other side of my eye, beaming universe blue, on everyone and everything. it is waiting for that one moment i give in, […]
Read MoreBOYFRIEND TAX
another red slip drifts to the floor, with the rock and the wave of an autumn leaf on a windy day, and my antsy feet shuffle left, shuffle right, fresh paper cuts kissing callouses under pointed toes. i look up at your shape, my great oak tree, count the wrinkles in your face, and shrink […]
Read Moreparenthetical expression
you do me the one favor, & thank you for that. you do me the one favor. you listen, ear to wound,one last hyphen,dripping in your ear like hydro-peroxide. i know you expected some substance,any words at all,even unrecognizable ones,even foreign words to this land mass or planet. something besides the drip drip drip of […]
Read Morescabbed fingers holding on to a popped clavicle please forgive me. eyes meet eyes, and nebulas connect. what if – 25 yr old preadolescent sleepy scared cunt w/ a peter pan syndrome. don’t know how people grow up, grapple & connect & feel ok.
Read Morei don’t know. muddled cloudy skies hiding the manhattan skyline. worn rainbows hazardly hopping. taco and ganja and combustion and perfume. te amo. you, right behind me, my pinhole. as we come in we walk past the meow meow bombardment and one, two, three something like smooth sand, jutting rocks, overflowing foam and blue blue […]
Read MoreTHE FUTURE
the blue moon blossoms between pointed shoulders singing the annual lullaby. storms and parades.traditions and tradition.consumption and excretion. stretch, so the blades touch.dawn and dusk curl around spinal knots.sunrise and set.summer and winter. as i rub the dusted mirror with the small of my wrist the time signature raises to a comedic number. I been […]
Read MoreHOWL, A SEA SHANTY, WHYDONTCHU (2016)
PART ONE The sea wasn’t doing good. Bindedby a dozen IV tubes,trying to pump seashell-foam,anemone waves. I’m reminded of science class lectures,the breeze of sharpened pencils & the radiance of insecurity. “The Moon & the Ocean are connected. The current, gravity, and evolution, are all in debt to the sea.” I heard it. I was […]
Read Moreevery dew-set dawn, between sparrow flirts and firetruck climax, i pined for the rumpled sheets to melt and reconfigure, into a her – pining is for fools. sleeping thoughts, forgetful adrenaline. in wakeful dreams, i’m a full fool.
Read Morelike a butterfly’s other wing,same black teardrop, charcoal outline,fluttering ahead, slightly out of reach. net, in my sinuses, down my throat,bile and secrets and yesterday’s chinese,pulled out, one rough motion. and when the antennas rub my palms:hi. hello. nice to meet you.and when my thumb rubs the scales:your mine. i’m sorry. want to hang? bulging […]
Read Morerain-y rain pitter patters around us w/ the rigor of the wave’s stormy crash.she cocks her head, rounded blushed cheeks, curled dyed pout,and i’m drenched, dreaded hair curled into seaweed fits,foggy glasses and a slippery expression.i want to bring her into my home. we curl into a newly built sandcastle,kissing clavicles,breaths as sweet as rain, […]
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